VoIP Quality: Can You Make The Right Call?
White Papers • A new webcast in association with Ovum and BT This is not surprising given that only 8% monitor, or plan to monitor, every call across the network. Delivering excellent service can be challenging if you don't have insight into what level of...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
BT Chases SMEs With Triple-play Comms
News The announcement of BT Business One Plan marks an extension to the telco's Business Plan telephony offering, and follows hot on the heels of BT's debut of its IT outsourcing service aimed at SMEs, called Business IT Manager.
[October 9, 2006, 16:55]
BT's All-in-one Phone To Debut Next Year
News Project Bluephone marks BT's fight-back against the threat posed to its revenues by the growth of the mobile industry, as voice minutes -- BT's traditional business -- are increasingly being lost from landlines to mobiles.
[November 1, 2004, 16:04]
VoIP Is No Threat, Says BT
News Speaking at the Voice over IP Forum in London's Le Meridien Hotel, John Blake, head of hosted IP services at BT Global Services, said that although there is a "dichotomy" for BT, which will involve some cannibalisation of existing services, the...
[November 29, 2004, 16:35]
BT Results See Revenues Falter
News Big business also has a taste for BT's new wave, with turnover from UK and international corporates up by 19 percent for the sector, as companies moving from traditional voice networks to managed products.
[July 29, 2004, 16:55]
BT To Use Bluetooth To Cut Mobile Costs
News The company also announced on Tuesday that it will sell a combined fixed-line and mobile product for families, called BT Mobile Home Plan. BT hopes that services such as Mobile Home Plan will help it achieve its target of £300m mobile revenue by 2005.
[July 29, 2003, 13:13]
Analysis: Unbundling Gets Unbundled
News Originally, 28 players applied for space in BT's exchanges but eight have now gone by the wayside. Operators like Thus (quote: THUS), Energis (quote: EGS) and Cable & Wireless (quote: CW) had hoped to take advantage of the unbundled local loop...
[January 31, 2001, 9:45]
Thus On Rivals, Regulation And Recovery
News Its rivals are also posing new challenges, with BT developing its 21st Century Network (21CN) and Cable & Wireless attempting to dominate at the top end of the UK communications market. BT runs a consultation programme for other telcos such as...
[January 12, 2007, 13:10]
Rivals 'could Beat BT' In The Next-generation Game
News BT has a multiyear plan [to build 21CN]. BT may find that it is overtaken by smaller UK rivals in its push to radically transform its UK telecommunications infrastructure into an all-IP based network, a senior executive at Marconi suggested this week.
[June 10, 2005, 13:00]
AT&T, BT In $10 Billion Blockbuster
News At the same time, AT&T and BT plan to plunk down a combined $1 billion in U.S.businesses in "high technology and emerging communications markets," the companies said in a press release announcing the deal.
[July 27, 1998, 9:58]
BT Holding Back DSL Say Rivals
News BT's latest set of 'restructuring' announcements seems they have cottoned on to voice over IP, and are now racing ahead to become dominant in that market. Following unbundling of the local loop -- in which BT opens its network to other operators...
[April 19, 2000, 7:05]
Tesco To Launch Mobile Phone Network
News Tesco will offer a pay-as-you-go service but will not be directly taking on the likes of BT Cellnet, Vodafone and Orange for mobile phone users, as it intends to lease airtime from an unnamed network supplier.
[October 20, 2000, 15:56]
Vonage Brings VoIP Service To The UK
News Entering the UK's competitive low-cost voice market, Vonage aims to differentiate itself through competitive pricing, a simple mobile phone rate plan and free, advanced features such as voicemail you can pick up on the Web, according to the...
[January 6, 2005, 16:00]
Lacey's Paper Round
News BT's alliance with AT&T and battle lines being drawn in interactive TV provided the bones this week. On Digital's business plan.return to the drawing board" - Financal Times Since that was the backbone of On Digital's business plan, it must be time...
[August 3, 1998, 9:12]
NHS To Cut Costs With VoIP Rollout
News A hosted voice service will allow smaller NHS organisations to have their IP telephony hosted by BT — taking away the management of the infrastructure and billing. BT has also added a quality-of-service capability so time-sensitive services — such...
[July 24, 2007, 8:37]
WorldCom Confident MCI Deal Will Go Through
News WorldCom made an unsolicited $30 billion bid for MCI Communications Corp.topping by $9 billion British Telecommunications PLC's (BT's) bid for the U.S.long distance company. BT issued a 15-word statement and declined further comment.
[October 2, 1997, 10:50]
Colt Lacks Plan For Its £1.5m Mobile Licence
News BT also has no current plans for its licence, for which it paid £275,000. A BT spokesman told ZDNet UK: "There is nothing I can say for definite. But the Colt spokeswoman could offer no details on what the company's plans may be, other than saying...
[February 20, 2007, 9:04]
Bulldog Broadband Gets More Teeth With Voice
News On the voice side, BT offers a range of tariffs. But BT doesn’t sound totally convinced. Some customers may not want a 4Mbps link," said a BT spokesman. Under its BT Together 1 package, which costs £10.50 per month, customers pay 5.5p for the first...
[September 13, 2004, 18:00]
BT: Network Overhaul Will Invigorate UK IT
News BT's evolving 21st Century Network (21CN) project will transform the way businesses and individuals in the UK live and work, the telco claimed on Thursday. Speaking after BT announced its eight preferred suppliers for 21CN, Matt Beal, director of...
[April 28, 2005, 17:40]
