Previous
Arise Sir Ben
Blog BT's Dutch supremo, Ben Verwaayen, has been awarded an honorary KBE by the Queen, thus joining other non-British recipients such as Steven Spielberg, Bill Gates and George Bush Sr. Mike Rake said Verwaayen's KBE came about because he "has been a...
[December 19, 2007, 10:58]
BT chief steps down
News BT's chief executive Ben Verwaayen is to leave the company at the end of May. Verwaayen [pictured] has been at the helm of BT for six years, transforming it from a telecoms company focused on its local loop infrastructure into an IT and...
[April 8, 2008, 17:06]
Former BT chief to head up Alcatel-Lucent
News Alcatel-Lucent has appointed former BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen as its new chief executive. The board said in a statement: "Philippe Camus and Ben Verwaayen are respected and experienced business leaders.
[September 2, 2008, 16:52]
Oftel could block BT broadband price cuts
News Sources within the company suggest that incoming chief executive Ben Verwaayen's plan for broadband includes announcing price cuts, and leaving Oftel to decide whether the cuts are acceptable. BT's third-quarter financial results are due on...
[February 5, 2002, 9:53]
BT set to cut broadband prices
News BT's new chief executive Ben Verwaayen is planning a series of significant ADSL price cuts in the next few months, in an attempt to boost the take-up of broadband service in the UK. Ben Verwaayen will use his speech to stress that broadband is a...
[February 4, 2002, 9:44]
ISPs reveal broadband price cut details
News BT's chief executive, Ben Verwaayen, announced the details of the company's new approach to broadband on Tuesday morning. E-commerce minister Douglas Alexander has also hailed Tuesday's news as great news for Broadband Britain, and congratulated...
[February 26, 2002, 17:35]
BT boss rules out broadband price cuts
News BT's chief executive Ben Verwaayen has ruled out cutting the price of consumer broadband in the UK, and insisted he is not concerned that the head of Ofcom has supported the break-up of BT. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Verwaayen said that BT...
[September 10, 2002, 15:31]
BT hits the broadband million
News BT announced on Monday that the goal, set by chief executive Ben Verwaayen shortly after he took office, has been hit. After two rounds of price cuts, plus the introduction of BT's broadband pre-registration scheme, Verwaayen's confidence has been...
[June 9, 2003, 12:11]
BT throws down broadband gauntlet
News Incoming chief executive Ben Verwaayen won widespread approval for his performance at a press conference on Thursday, in which he promised BT was working on a new broadband pricing structure. Although Verwaayen insisted that BT will not start...
[February 8, 2002, 15:36]
BT fights back against break-up calls
News BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen has launched a spirited defence against demands for the UK's incumbent telco to be broken up. Verwaayen told MPs on Tuesday that it would be "a disaster" for the UK if BT's network operations were split off into a...
[March 10, 2005, 11:20]
We want your love, says BT boss
News After the dot-com debacle, telcos have to win their customers' love, according to BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen. Capital expenditure in telecoms has gone down from $240bn (£153bn) in 2000/2001, to $130bn in 2001/2002, said Verwaayen, but that...
[October 2, 2002, 15:36]
BT boss wants government support not subsidies
News BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen believes the government has a huge role to play in the uptake of broadband -- but as a user of it, not a provider of subsidies to companies involved in its rollout. Verwaayen claims to be pleased with the way the UK...
[September 11, 2002, 14:15]
BT reassures City but scares ISPs
News Shares in BT slipped slightly after chief executive Ben Verwaayen said on Monday that he would focus on customer satisfaction, cost control and broadband, falling from 277p to around 260p by Monday afternoon.
[April 9, 2002, 14:45]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Much fun at BT, where Graeme "News Editor, that's me" Wearden makes an infrequent escape from the office and sits down at a round table discussion with CEO Ben Verwaayen to mark the five million user broadband milestone.
[April 8, 2005, 19:40]
Trigger-happy BT opposes calls for broadband subsidies
News By declaring that he does not believe the UK government should provide broadband subsidies, Ben Verwaayen -- BT's chief executive -- has put the weight of Britain's incumbent telco behind government policy but given little comfort to the 25...
[September 16, 2002, 14:33]
Climate change is damaging our infrastructure, says BT boss
News BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen has become the latest technology company head to call for government action to tackle climate change, claiming that it is already costing his company money. Speaking to the Observer last week, Verwaayen said that...
[June 14, 2005, 18:15]
Broadband pricing row heats up
News Fri 8 Feb: Chief executive Ben Verwaayen is on the verge of revealing significantly lower broadband prices, and effectively daring Oftel to block them Thurs 7 Feb: The telecoms giant plans to cut prices on ADSL 'substantially' to stimulate...
[February 9, 2002, 6:31]
BT wants an end to rivals' bickering
News BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen hopes that his company's achievement of connecting five million wholesale broadband connections could lead to less infighting in the UK telecommunication sector. Speaking to journalists on Monday, Verwaayen said...
[April 5, 2005, 15:15]
BT: Regulators hold back universal broadband
News It will be virtually impossible for broadband to penetrate 100 percent of the European population unless regulators are willing to reward risk-takers, according to BT's chief executive Ben Verwaayen. Verwaayen, speaking at the Carriers World Europe...
[September 17, 2003, 18:05]
BT broadband strength sparks Parliament fight
News Members of the Trade and Industry select committee angered Ben Verwaayen, chief executive of BT, by claiming that BT had an unhealthy dominance over other telecoms companies in the UK, and that splitting the telco in half would benefit the British...
[November 12, 2003, 15:00]
