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BT drops below half share of fixed-line calls

News BT's share of fixed-line call volumes fell below 50 per cent for the first time last year, an annual report by Ofcom has revealed. This year's edition of The UK Communications Market, the regulator's annual survey of the nation's media consumption...

Tags: ofcom, voip, mobile, telecoms

[24 Aug 2007]

Telewest trumps BT with unmetered offer

News Telewest has unveiled what it claims is the first unmetered access to the Internet over cable, at prices significantly below that of BT's recent unmetered offering (see 'BT launches unmetered Internet access' http://www.silicon.com/a34491 ).

[14 Dec 1999]

Oftel throws out Freeserve's <strong>BT</strong> complaint

Oftel throws out Freeserve's BT complaint

News We've not seen the full decision but believe that Oftel has concluded that BT priced below cost [based on Oftel's own methodology and assumptions, and using BT's own cost data] for some categories of consumers, but still concluded that there was...

Tags: freeserve, broadband, oftel, bt

[24 Nov 2003]

Why <strong>BT</strong> won't cut broadband prices in half

Why BT won't cut broadband prices in half

News Cutting wholesale prices below £30 would also be unlikely, as BT will very soon find that it is selling it below cost price - which is not only a complete volte-face, but could actually be against the law.

[04 Feb 2002]

The A to Z of broadband

News B is for BT B is for BT The visitor centre features what BT considers to be the world's fastest broadband internet café with the computers able to download data at speeds of up to 100Mbps, around 50 times faster than a typical broadband...

Tags: broadband, adsl, hsdpa, bt

[01 Nov 2006]

BT milks the hype cow

Comment So BT might be able to cut the price of broadband quite substantially without Oftel being able to say that it's selling below cost price. So, BT is basking in a warm glow of slightly surprised approval after a promise to "substantially" cut...

[07 Feb 2002]

Photos: Tech ensures a smoother course

Photo The BT IMOCA 60 is the fruit of a title sponsorship deal between Team Ellen - headed up by iconic British yachtswoman Dame Ellen McArthur - and BT inked in September last year. Seb Josse is the BT IMOCA 60 skipper.

Tags: yacht, ellen mcarthur, bt

[02 May 2008]

BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software

News BT and NetSuite have joined forces to bring web-based on-demand software to the telco's 1.6 million business customers. BT is offering NetSuite's business management applications and will soon provide customer relationship management (CRM) software...

Tags: smes, saas, crm, bt

[22 Apr 2008]

BT hooks up first 21CN customers

News BT has moved its first customers to its 21st Century Network (21CN) in the initial phase of the next-generation network's national rollout. B is for BT Cardiff, Bridgend and the Pontypridd area are next on BT's list to have their voice and...

Tags: 21cn, wales, bt, customer

[28 Nov 2006]

BT lags in broadband satisfaction stakes

News BT has come bottom of the eight major UK broadband providers in a customer satisfaction survey. Behind Tiscali comes Virgin Media with a score of 660, then Sky (657), AOL (646), Orange (636), Pipex (634), TalkTalk (630) and then BT.

Tags: jd power, broadband, isps, customer

[06 Dec 2007]

<strong>BT</strong>'s broadband price cuts are "anti-competitive"

BT's broadband price cuts are "anti-competitive"

News Now that BT has cut wholesale broadband prices to below £14.75 from 1 April, it will become increasingly difficult to compete with BT Wholesale and the ADSL services it supplies to around 200 ISPs such as BTopenworld, Freeserve, Pipex and Zen.

[28 Mar 2002]

<strong>BT</strong> to focus on customers

BT to focus on customers

News But according to Ovum analyst Simon Jones, it is difficult to gauge whether this approach will prove successful as "it depends on the loyalty shown to BT by partners who fall below the 'premier' category.

[05 Jun 2001]

<strong>BT</strong> agrees to provide rivals with a service

BT agrees to provide rivals with a service

News Oftel has imposed a service-level agreement on BT for the delivery of services to rival broadband companies who use their exchanges. This imposes a schedule of fines on BT for delays in allowing other broadband companies to install their DSL...

[16 Nov 2001]

<strong>BT</strong> couldn't go under - could it?

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 alone, however. Its Altman Z score of 0.98 is well below the 1.8...

[18 Feb 2002]

BT rings up more than a million VoIP customers

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...

Tags: broadband, voip, bt

[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...

Tags: bt, fusion, wi-fi, mode

[07 Feb 2008]

<strong>BT</strong>'s week of hell: Bonfield's last supper?

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]

<strong>BT</strong> drops ADSL prices by £5

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]

<strong>BT</strong> broadband price cuts: How is it done?

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...

Tags: ofcom, bt, verwaayen

[08 Apr 2008]

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