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News Openreach, the youngest of the BT family, owns, maintains and develops the access network that links homes and businesses to the networks of the UK's communication providers. The visitor centre features what BT considers to be the world's fastest... [01 Nov 2006]
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... [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... [28 Nov 2006]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News BT is planning to spend £1.5bn on significantly upgrading its broadband network to support next generation super-fast internet. B is for BT BT says the planned investment is part of its strategy to deliver next generation broadband service across... [15 Jul 2008]
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. [06 Dec 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 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... [10 Jan 2007]
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]
Is online TV throttling broadband networks?
News B is for BT BT told silicon.com the full launch of iPlayer hasn't had any impact on the service its customers receive. Although BT wouldn't say whether it employs traffic shaping, the telco said it manages its network to "ensure the best experience... [28 Jan 2008]
Does superfast broadband Britain stink of sewage?
News B is for BT BT's forthcoming copper-based ADSL2+ technology will only offer a theoretical maximum of 24Mbps. Click on the links below to find out more. Click here for page 2 of this story. A is for ADSL [23 Jan 2008]
Come an' Avatalk in Second Life, urges BT
News BT is upping its presence in Second Life with a trial of its free 'Avatalk' phone and texting service. B is for BT Users will be able to use their avatars to access the service at red BT phone boxes at five locations or by picking up a heads-up... [20 Mar 2008]
O2: A wannabe BT?
News O2 has revealed plans that could see it lining up to compete with the likes of BT and NTL as it moves increasingly towards fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), broadband and various flavours of telly and advertising. [15 Nov 2006]
Virgin touts free broadband speed upgrade
News B is for BT BT's forthcoming ADSL2+ tech will offer speed of up to 24Mbps, though the telco is also dabbling with fibre. A planned BT fibre deployment at Ebbsfleet, Kent, will offer speed of up to 100Mbps on a mixed development including 10,000 homes. [28 Jan 2008]
Cardiff poised to steal Swindon's fat pipe crown?
News B is for BT The Welsh capital was chosen by BT for initial tests of 21CN, with the first customers hooked up to the new network last month. Click on the links below to find out more. Nearly three-fifths (59.8 per cent) of homes in the Wiltshire... [11 Dec 2006]
Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?
News B is for BT Tiscali CEO, Mary Turner, recently told silicon.com fibre to the cabinet - aka backhaul - needs to be "commercialised" as BT is not currently obliged by Ofcom to resell it. Click on the links below to find out more. [22 Feb 2008]
