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BT Cellnet picks Blackberry GPRS handsets
News BT Cellnet has come a step closer to its rollout of an always-on wireless personal organiser, signing a supply agreement for 175,000 of the devices from Research In Motion (RIM) of Canada. Users can both send and receive messages, and a future...
[February 26, 2001, 15:41]
Mobile phones: Jack Straw is wrong - BT Cellnet
News That is the message from BT Cellnet Wednesday reacting to Straw's announcement that he wants to meet mobile phone companies and the police in an attempt to reduce the number of handsets stolen. But BT Cellnet, the UK's second largest network...
[January 11, 2001, 8:38]
Oftel throws the book at BT Cellnet
News Telecoms watchdog Oftel ordered British Telecommunications to stop cross-subsidising its phone service BT Cellnet on Monday, drawing a furious response from the telco which accused the regulator of getting its facts wrong.
[July 3, 2000, 12:09]
Consumer GPRS: right here, right now, quite slow
News Mobile phone users will finally be able to get a taste of high-speed Internet access when on the move, with the launch of BT Cellnet's consumer GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) service today. With GPRS the mobile internet has become faster...
[May 18, 2001, 10:35]
Orange beats rivals to high-speed mobile data - Part 2
News BT Cellnet has no plans to upgrade its network to HSCSD, believing GPRS will make the technology redundant. Both Vodafone and Cellnet are talking up GPRS because they don't have HSCSD. Simon Rockman, publisher of What Mobile magazine reckons BT's...
[September 24, 1999, 12:28]
Halifax and BT announce WAP banking
News On Wednesday, Halifax announced a partnership with BT Cellnet to provide a full range of banking services over mobile phones by the summer. The first services will be via SMS and WAP, with GPRS services rolling out in autumn as Cellnet upgrades its...
[February 17, 2000, 9:21]
UK carriers roll out GPRS
News BT Cellnet is the only UK operator to have launched a service so far, though services are on the way from the likes of Orange (quote: ORA), One2One and Vodafone. Cellnet ran trials of five GPRS services from March to May, after an early 1999...
[July 7, 2000, 15:20]
First GPRS data cards arrive
News Next generation wireless technology took a small step Monday when BT Cellnet announced what it claims is the first GPRS data card for laptops and PDAs. The card will work on the BT Cellnet GPRS network at speeds of around 27kbit/s, compared to the...
[July 17, 2000, 16:35]
GPRS price war unlikely, say analysts
News Analysts believe that Vodafone's decision to offer a cut-price GPRS service is unlikely to force BT Cellnet into cutting the price of its own service. Vodafone launched its consumer GPRS offering earlier today, and is taking on rival BT Cellnet...
[June 1, 2001, 17:43]
Mobile tariffs to fall following Oftel's intervention
News Oftel's decision to penalise BT Cellnet for cross-subsidising its mobile phone service will lead to cheaper mobile prices according to rival telco Global Crossing. The watchdog -- keen to be seen getting tough on the mobile market following a...
[July 4, 2000, 7:10]
BT does first live GPRS call
News The world's first live GPRS data transfer call over a live GSM network was claimed by BT CellNet this week. The call took place at CellNet's UK labs Tuesday and marks the move from lab-based testing of BT's GPRS services -- started February -- to a...
[November 11, 1999, 15:55]
GPRS: Next generation mobile system comes to Britain
News Last month saw BT Cellnet's launch of the world's first GPRS service, the beginning of a wireless technology that is expected to revolutionise the way people think about and use the Internet. Information is always there, always at my fingertips...
[July 7, 2000, 15:17]
News Burst: BT launches WAP service, claims 1st
News The first fully operational commercial WAP service was delivered by BT Cellnet Friday, backed up by 36 tailor made services and the promise of a network upgrade to the faster GPRS service, at a price, by summer.
[January 21, 2000, 14:01]
BT claims WAP first, argues with Orange
News A row has broken out between BT Cellnet, which claimed last week to offer the first fully operational WAP service, and Orange which launched its own WAP service last September. The year 2000 is the year when mobile data becomes a reality," said BT...
[January 24, 2000, 8:31]
Cellnet launches Net access on a prepay mobile phone
News Internet access on a prepay mobile phone will be available starting April 3 thanks to an aggressive tactic by BT Cellnet to oust other players in the fledgling mobile Internet arena. Cellnet's mobile Internet unit, launched by BT Thursday, promises...
[March 9, 2000, 13:12]
Cellnet will miss summer target: Forrester
News A Forrester report published Wednesday has dismissed BT Cellnet's claims of providing a full commercial rollout of GPRS services by the summer as "pure marketing". BT Cellnet recently attacked Orange for launching its WAP service late last year...
[March 30, 2000, 11:11]
Gateway get WAP, extends UK presence
News PC maker Gateway Wednesday announced an agreement with BT Cellnet and BT Retail in an effort to embrace WAP and extend its UK retail presence. The Cellnet partnership brings WAP functionality to Gateway's ISP.
[April 12, 2000, 15:49]
A Year Ago: BT does first live GPRS call
News The world's first live GPRS data transfer call over a live GSM network was claimed by BT CellNet this week. The call took place at CellNet's UK labs Tuesday and marks the move from lab-based testing of BT's GPRS services -- started February -- to a...
[November 11, 2000, 6:02]
WAP usage soars with Big Brother
News WAP usage in Britain has increased by 20 percent during the first six days of Big Brother, with hundreds of mobile users taking advantage of the live content feeds offered by BT Cellnet. WAP phones are essentially very easy to use," said Tracy...
[May 31, 2001, 16:53]
Orange and One2One could face Oftel controls
News It announced Tuesday that it is reviewing its controls over the mobile industry, which currently only covers BT Cellnet and Vodafone. The current controls limit the amount that BT Cellnet and Vodafone can charge for a call either from a fixed line...
[February 21, 2001, 9:10]
