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News The telco announced that Andy Green will leave to become chief executive of services specialist LogicaCMG on 1 January, 2008. The upgrade to BT 21CN was previously scheduled for completion by 2010 but the telco has quietly moved its deadline back... [10 Oct 2007]
BT gets into bed with FON
News By doing so, the telco has effectively extended its Openzone wi-fi network across the three million BT Home Hubs - or at least those Home Hubs whose users agree to share their broadband connection. BT and FON have finally confirmed their long... [04 Oct 2007]
BT looks to Far East for developer talent
News The telco already has R&D centres in Malaysia and the UK and works with the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications to take top graduates to work at the company's Adastral Park centre, near Ipswich in the UK. [07 Sep 2007]
Small firms snub videoconferencing
News The telco launched a new IP Centrex-hosted VoIP service for its SME customers this week. There is still little demand for videoconferencing technology among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to a senior BT executive. [05 Sep 2007]
BT plumps for BPO 'X' factor
News The BPO contract is worth £128m and will run until March 2014, and will see Xansa continue to provide various internal financial services for the telco.silicon.com Financial Services BT and Xansa have worked together for around 20 years and the new... [30 Aug 2007]
BT drops below half share of fixed-line calls
News O2, which is owned by Spanish telco Telefonica, gained the largest number of subscribers in 2003 but it is only now that revenues have caught up. BT's share of fixed-line call volumes fell below 50 per cent for the first time last year, an annual... [24 Aug 2007]
Virgin signs multimillion pound C&W deal
News The telco said the increased bandwidth will allow Virgin Atlantic's applications to work more effectively and for Virgin Trains to carry out an IT refresh. Virgin Group has signed a three year, multimillion pound deal for Cable & Wireless (C&W) to... [16 Aug 2007]
AA slashes £2m a year off voice and data costs
News C&W was also the lower risk option for the AA through the Energis connection, having bought the telco for £674m in 2005 - because voice was more critical than the data network. Motoring and breakdown organisation the AA has cut its network costs by... [17 Jul 2007]
BT to snap up UK ISP
News The telco has made a £15.8m cash offer to acquire the business with the deal still subject to approval from Brightview shareholders.silicon.com Retail & Leisure BT is poised to snap up London-based consumer ISP, Brightview Group, after reaching an... [06 Jul 2007]
21CN boss quits BT
News The chief executive behind BT's £10bn national network has resigned. Dr Paul Reynolds, one of the key business leaders behind the network, 21CN, will leave BT in September. He is to become the chief executive of Telecom New Zealand. [28 Jun 2007]
Techies split over wi-fi health fears
News Companies such as The Cloud are rolling out citywide wireless networks, while a number of local authorities are working with BT on the telco's Wireless Cities programme. Readers were asked whether they are worried about the health implications of... [24 May 2007]
East 17 to big up the wi-fi massive
News London borough Waltham Forest is to pilot a public wireless network after joining forces with BT as part of the telco's Wireless Cities initiative. BT will pay for and construct the network over the coming months by fitting wireless transmitters to... [23 May 2007]
Thus sinks £13.6m deal
News Telco Thus has signed a £13.6m, five-year contract extension with water agency United Utilities Water (UUW). The extended contract will see more than 6,000 BlackBerrys, mobiles and other telephone units connected across 50 of UUW's sites. [21 May 2007]
BT shrinks carbon footprint
News The telco has eliminated 860,000 face-to-face meetings, according to a survey conducted by the University of Bradford and research group SustainIT. BT claims to have reduced its carbon footprint by 97,000 tonnes of CO2 per year by using phone... [21 May 2007]
Virgin Media picks C&W as LLU best mate
News Virgin Media said it picked C&W as the telco understands its culture and the company has already worked with other Virgin brands overseas. The company has also reportedly lost its place as the UK's biggest ISP when figures published by BT said the... [18 May 2007]
