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News BT's long search for an international partner may be over, following a multi-billion dollar deal with AT&T. BT chief executive Peter Bonfield will hold the post until 2000, when AT&T president John... [27 Jul 1998]
BT wages war on 'cyber-slacking'
News BT Group today unveiled a new business targeting SMEs who are riddled with inefficiencies resulting from email and web abuse. BT has invested £3m in setting up the company, called Open Orchard, and has... [31 Oct 2002]
BT goes 'sip and surf' with Costa coffee
News BT has added Costa Coffee to its expanding network of Wi-Fi hot spots that let mobile workers hook up to the internet using wireless connections. Costa will join a growing list of companies, including Hilton Hotels,... [31 Oct 2002]
BT facing multi-million pound wholesale net access lawsuit
News The law suit is set to be filed by Network Systems (NSL), which has accused BT of mismanaging its ISPNet service and failing to deliver on the promise of 99.9 per cent reliability. Tony McKenzie, managing director of... [03 Nov 2000]
BT Openworld pushes broadband benefits to SMEs
News Fifty-two per cent of SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises ) could improve their financial well-being by switching to a broadband internet connection, according to research published today by BT Openworld. [04 Nov 2002]
BT shrugs off latest break-up speculation
News BT has rubbished the latest calls for it to be broken up to ensure it cannot dominate Broadband Britain through its ownership of the UK's local telephone network. The report, called The Politics of Bandwidth, was... [04 Nov 2002]
BT and Unilever ink E1bn outsourcing deal
News BT has today signed a E1bn outsourcing deal with consumer goods giant Unilever. The seven-year contract will see BT manage and develop the company's global communications infrastructure. Under the terms... [04 Nov 2002]
BT is Europe's biggest broadband rip-off
News BT's retail and wholesale ADSL prices soar way above those in the rest of Europe, according to independent analysis from Point Topic. The research firm found BT's monthly charge of E49 (£30) was more... [19 Feb 2002]
BT enters mobile market...again
News BT is bouncing back into the mobile space after a two-year hiatus, with cut-price deals for early customers. BT's re-entry into the mobile phone market will be marked by a massive advertising campaign... [31 Oct 2003]
BT Cellnet web blunder could be the last
News The news follows a high profile howler last week in which mmO2, formerly BT Cellnet, saw its email-to-SMS service stop working because it forgot to renew its registration for its domain name. However, the new proposal if... [18 Feb 2002]
BT Cellnet follows through
News The move is not unexpected and brings BT into line with other major operators who have already announced their price increases. BT Cellnet has added 918,000 new customers in the quarter just ended while... [05 Apr 2001]
BT signs broadband deal with Dell
News Hot on the heels of a far-reaching deal with Microsoft, BT today announced plans to work with Dell to get its no-frills ADSL product out to consumers and small businesses. The idea is that Dell will market ADSL to its... [07 Nov 2002]
BT couldn't go under - could it?
News BT is among a list of blue-chip names in danger of bankruptcy in the next two years if analysis by French bank BNP Paribas is to be believed. In both cases BT scores poorly. BT is not... [18 Feb 2002]
BT and One2One take 3G complaints to court
News BT and One2One are continuing their bid in the Court of Appeal against the government, claiming they lost £80m after being forced to pay for last year's 3G licences earlier than Orange and Vodafone. One2One and... [19 Jun 2001]
BT risks rumpus with DSL billing choice
News The system will bill for all the costs incurred by DSL providers who house their equipment in BT's exchanges, including power consumption and the costs of space. Geneva already provides the billing systems for three... [06 Apr 2001]
