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Catherine Doran
CIO Profile Doran joined Network Rail as director of information management in 2006, moving from BT, where she was director of transformation and technology. Prior to BT Doran was European CIO at Capital One and... [02 Jun 2009]
Recession boosts working from home
News More than half (55 per cent) of employees are working from home more frequently since the financial crisis began, according to research commissioned by BT Business. According to research commissioned by... [13 May 2009]
South Manchester gets £500,000 high-speed fibre
News Telco BT recently revealed the first clutch of exchanges that will have fibre deployed as part of its pledge to spend £1.5bn by 2012 to ensure 40 per cent of UK homes and businesses can access fibre-based services. [25 Mar 2009]
BT's wi-fi router turns biz into hotspots
News BT has launched a new wireless router for its business customers that allows them to wirelessly share their broadband connections with others, either for free or for profit. The latest version of the... [10 Feb 2009]
UK tech Skills Academy needs YOU
News Employers that have already collaborated with e-skills UK for the IT academy include Accenture, the BBC, BT, Carphone Warehouse, C&W, HP, IBM, the Metropolitan Police, Sainsbury's and Vodafone. Understanding the... [08 Oct 2008]
Top execs crave internet on the move
News There has also been a significant increase in wi-fi use in hotels, airports and train stations according to BT Openzone. Two in five mobile workers said being in contact with people back at the office is... [08 May 2007]
Editor's Blog: All communications in one place
Comment Can even Branson, the man who took on running a train company, make sure the previous NTL business dusts itself down? Beyond BSkyB and Virgin Media, Thursday saw BT put out a set of... [09 Feb 2007]
Companies splash out millions on IP networks
News Under the contract, BT will provide the network - which is based on Cisco technology - for EWS' 5,200 staff, supporting applications such as video telephony, voice recording and unified messaging. The network also... [25 Aug 2005]
Vonage brings 'mass market' VoIP to the UK
News Because of this, Ritz explained, BT is its main competitor in the UK, as it has the majority of phone customers. Kerry Ritz, managing director of Vonage UK, told silicon.com the company used the last five months to make... [19 May 2005]
The Bloor Perspective: Wi-Finding, dirty money and techs in the City
Comment Paying to be listed is the same model as most business directories and the relationship can go a little further with advertising and links through to the hotspot provider, as with BT Openzone. Although... [09 Jan 2004]
UK king of the Wi-Fi castle
News BT's wireless ISP, Openzone, has forged deals that give its customers access to hot spots across Europe and the US, as well as to a UK network called The Cloud. In Britain, companies ranging from pub-game operators to... [14 Aug 2003]
Tony Hallett's After These Messages: 118
Comment One of BT's last closed-shop cash cows, currently worth around £300m a year, is being opened up and we'll all soon be using numbers starting with 118. Then a more sophisticated approach will be needed against the... [11 Aug 2003]
mmo2 takes wireless LAN plunge
News Like offerings from other operators, including former mmO2 parent BT Group, the offering will focus on business travellers and commuters, and will enable locations such as airports, large... [02 Jul 2003]
BT faces stiff challenge on wireless services
News In fact, Bossert believes that the biggest threat to BT's WLAN business could come from private individuals who allow the public to share their broadband internet connections through open wireless access... [17 Jul 2002]
Wireless LAN on platform 802.11b
News BT plans to have 70 wireless hotspots active by the end of the year. Megabeam aims to be a wholesale wireless LAN operator, building infrastructure into areas frequented by large numbers of business... [15 Jul 2002]