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RSS bt cable in newsCable players respond to BT ADSL move
News Broadband cable providers NTL and Telewest have responded to BT's wholesale broadband cuts which should make ADSL services from BTopenworld and dozens of other ISPs cheaper. Using the technical superiority of our cable network over DSL we are going... [26 Feb 2002]
NHSNet in crisis over technical support
News The British Medical Association (BMA) is threatening to file a complaint with Oftel over the level of support offered by the BT and Cable & Wireless for NHSNet. He blames BT and Cable & Wireless, as they provide the telecoms infrastructure... [04 May 1999]
'Comical' BT in broadband row with NTL
News More one million people now get broadband via cable, as NTL and Telewest continue to keep pace with BT in the high-speed internet stakes. And hitting that milestone has triggered a war of words between cable firm NTL and BT. [01 May 2003]
Fourteen companies get access to BT's local loop
News Fourteen cable operators - rivals to BT - were yesterday given the green light by Oftel to install their DSL equipment in BT's exchanges. The fourteen cable companies are: Colt, CWC, Easynet, Eircom, Energis, Fibernet, First Telecom, Global... [06 Apr 2000]
BT loses £200m Barclays contract
News BT has lost a lucrative contract with Barclays Bank to its rival Cable & Wireless. Barclays - one of BT's biggest corporate customers - is to move all its inbound call centre, voice data and internet traffic to Cable & Wireless after... [13 Jun 2002]
Telewest beats BT in broadband 'Pepsi challenge'
News UK cable provider Telewest has claimed it is beating BT in parts of Britain where there is a choice of broadband providers The cable firm has released details of new research which shows 86 per cent of broadband users surveyed who live in areas... [25 Oct 2002]
C&W CEO: BT is working against its customers
News BT is not working in the interests of one of its biggest customers by launching its 21CN, according to Cable & Wireless' UK CEO Jim Marsh. According to Marsh, customers are pushing for a Cable & Wireless that's entirely free of BT. [14 Sep 2006]
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]
BT offers ex-C&W clients a shoulder to cry on
News BT is offering a helping hand to Cable & Wireless customers that have been told by the telco they have 90 days to find a new supplier. BT has set up a free hotline for "worried customers" of Cable & Wireless ditched by the telco earlier this year. [09 Mar 2006]
This time in '99: NHSNet in crisis over technical support
News The British Medical Association (BMA) is threatening to file a complaint with Oftel over the level of support offered by the BT and Cable & Wireless for NHSNet. He blames BT and Cable & Wireless, as they provide the telecoms infrastructure... [03 May 2000]
C&W buys Bulldog to snap at BT
News Cable & Wireless opened up a new assault on BT on Friday by purchasing Bulldog Communications for £18.6m. The purchase will enable us to develop our own broadband services, rather than just including products from BT Wholesale as part of our... [28 May 2004]
BT loses out to C&W in CGNU merger
News Cable & Wireless has snatched a massive £350m contract from under the nose of arch-rival BT to provide network services for CGNU, the UK's largest insurance house. Cable & Wireless provided telecoms for Norwich Union, while BT served CGU. [19 Jul 2001]
NTL gets into BT exchanges
News Telecoms and cable television provider NTL will spend £65m on placing its equipment in BT telephone exchanges - a process known as local loop unbundling (LLU). Just days ago UK telco Cable & Wireless - now the owner of Bulldog - said it will spend... [21 Sep 2004]
VoIP - the cheap new world of telephony...
News Unlike enterprise-class VoIP services such as Cable & Wireless IP Voice, which use private networks, BT Communicator will send calls over the public Internet. BT made its first VoIP move last December with the launch of an internet telephony... [15 Jul 2004]
BT lags in broadband satisfaction stakes
News C is for Cable & Wireless More than two-thirds of respondents said they receive services other than broadband from their ISP - such as home telephone, cable/satellite TV or mobile phone. BT has come bottom of the eight major UK broadband providers... [06 Dec 2007]
