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News More than one million consumer customers have signed up for BT's VoIP service since June last year. B is for BT A BT spokesman told silicon.com the reason for the rapid uptake is largely down to the launch back in June of Total Broadband packages... [10 Jan 2007]
BT wi-fi phones fail to light a fuse with consumers
News BT has reportedly abandoned, for the moment, attempts to market its dual-mode wi-fi handsets to consumers, despite the relative success of the device among business customers. According to an article in The Daily Telegraph newspaper, the BT Fusion... [07 Feb 2008]
BT's week of hell: Bonfield's last supper?
News Following tomorrow's dinner BT is expected to renege on its plans to float 25 per cent of BT Wireless. It is understood investors will tell chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield that floating BT Wireless in current market conditions would be 'value... [19 Mar 2001]
BT drops ADSL prices by £5
News He added: "Thus is concerned BT has been able to manipulate its dominant market position by offering prices below market value and "crossing over" money it makes in other areas of the business. BT Wholesale is dropping its ADSL prices by £5 to £30... [27 Jul 2001]
BT business hubs to be wi-fi hotspots
News BT will soon offer all its business-hub users the chance to become wi-fi hotspots for their visitors and neighbours, the company revealed on Wednesday. BT Business Open Wi-Fi will be an extension of the communications and IT company's existing... [22 May 2008]
BT broadband price cuts: How is it done?
News BT is now aiming to get a million customers to buy broadband, which it can only do with DSL prices below £20. BT CEO Ben Verwaayen has stunned a sceptical market by slashing broadband prices in half. Before the recent falls in DSLAM prices, BT... [27 Feb 2002]
BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down
News BT's CEO Ben Verwaayen is to step down as CEO on 31 May 2008 after more than six years at the telco where he championed its push into broadband and helped it dodge regulator Ofcom's axe. Verwaayen, who will also step down from the BT board on 30... [08 Apr 2008]
BT seeks closure on Concert
News The future of Concert, the ill-fated joint venture between BT and AT&T, is expected to be determined soon. BT chairman St Christopher Bland will be anxious to bring Concert to a close as he continues his programme of debt reduction. [24 Sep 2001]
BT cuts broadband costs
News Paul Reynolds, CEO of BT Wholesale, added: "We have now achieved the price that service providers told us they needed to get end user prices below £30. BT has finally unveiled the new cost of wholesale consumer broadband in the UK. [26 Feb 2002]
BT splashes out €60m on French IT services acquisition
News BT is set to pay €60m for the IT and network services division of CS Communication & Systemes. BT has submitted a binding offer to CS Communication & Systemes and has until 30 November to complete the deal pending consultation with representatives... [06 Aug 2007]
BT to cut long distance telephone prices
News BT is planning to offer cheaper international calls to landline customers in a bid to compete with low-cost rivals, silicon.com can reveal. Alternative long-distance providers such as One.tel have long been undercutting BT's prices for... [24 May 2002]
BT to cut CO2 emissions by 80 per cent
News BT will rely on wind farms to produce a quarter of its UK power by 2016 as part of a major drive to cut CO2 emissions. BT has already cut emissions in the UK by 58 per cent between 1996 and 2008 but does not at present monitor its current global... [03 Jun 2008]
BT commits to rural broadband trials
News BT Wholesale is trialling a new scheme that could see broadband rolled out to rural areas with as few as 16 high-speed internet subscribers, the company announced on Wednesday. The move offers a ray of hope to rural users who have previously been... [15 Aug 2002]
BT hits out at warchalkers
News BT Openworld has thrown its weight behind the fight against 'Warchalking' - the practice of scrawling chalk marks on the outside of buildings with Wi-Fi networks to encourage passers by to surf on companies' unprotected bandwidth. [30 Sep 2002]
Not guilty: Oftel clears BT of anti-competitive pricing
News They appeared to be being offered below cost and, unlike competitors, BT was able to fill the shortfall from profits made on residential voice calls. David Edmonds, director general of Oftel, said: "After considering information submitted by BT... [04 May 2001]
