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Outgoing BT chief hints at fibre rollout

...connectivity across the country, according to the company's outgoing chairman. Sir Christopher Bland, who relinquishes his role at BT in September, said on Wednesday... Read more

19 July, 2007 by David Meyer
Rake to succeed Bland at BT helm

Rake to succeed Bland at BT helm

...knighthood in the most recent New Year Honours List, will succeed Sir Christopher Bland as head of the incumbent British telco in September. "I am... Read more

19 February, 2007 by David Meyer

BT's Bland is new media top dog

BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland is the sixth most powerful individual in the UK's media... Read more

8 July, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

BT to subsidise broadband ad blitz

...at the forefront of the telco giant's agenda. BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland -- who some observers thought might clash with Verwaayen -- paid tribute to... Read more

16 May, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

BT gets its broadcasting licence

...to become a fully fledged broadcaster in the near future. "As Sir Christopher Bland [BT's chairman] has already said, our priorities lie elsewhere at... Read more

5 March, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

BT to press ahead on hyperlink case

...attempts to claim that it owns the patent for the hyperlink. Sir Christopher Bland, chairman of BT, told a press conference on Thursday that BT... Read more

7 February, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

BT broadcasting plans get City thumbs-down

...its share price drop steadily earlier this week, after company chairman Sir Christopher Bland gave an interview suggesting that BT was considering a move into... Read more

11 January, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

BT Bland vs BBC Bland

...is going to get more common. As head of the BBC, Sir Christopher Bland has clear interests. As chairman of BT, he has other interests... Read more

1 June, 2001 by Guy Kewney

Bland BT boss

Question: has Sir Christopher Bland got the job of chairing BT because... 1) under his leadership... Read more

30 April, 2001 by Guy Kewney

Freeserve boss to follow Sir Iain?

...down on 1 May to make way for ex-BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland. According to Vallance it is a decision he has been thinking... Read more

26 April, 2001 by Jane Wakefield

BT's Vallance to be replaced by BBC chairman

...of criticism and pressure. He will be replaced by BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland. BT's falling share price has led to much speculation that... Read more

26 April, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

Friday 19/04/2002 Sir Christopher Bland is on the wireless. Ex-chairman of the BBC, now chairman... Read more

22 April, 2002

FD out, Tellytubby boss in? It's BT's grand reshuffle...

Christopher Bland going la-la? BT's finance director, Philip Hampton, could be... Read more

5 November, 2001 by Graham Hayday

War on debt starts today for BT

Chairman Christopher Bland today cut through BT's layers of indecision and announced a... Read more

10 May, 2001 by Ron Coates
BT chief steps down

BT chief steps down

Ben Verwaayen will leave the company at the end of May, and is being replaced by BT's head of retail, Ian Livingston Read more

8 April, 2008 by Richard Thurston

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