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BT Wholesale Names Chief Executive
News Sally Davis will succeed Paul Reynolds as chief executive of BT Wholesale. Davis, who has been with BT for eight years — most recently as chief portfolio officer — will not assume control of 21CN, because that project was moved in a recent...
[July 25, 2007, 15:11]
BT Cuts Wholesale ADSL Pricing
News BT announced on Friday that it is cutting the price of its wholesale ADSL package to £30 per month, a move that it claims will boost demand for broadband services in the UK. The £5 cut in the price of IPStream 500, BT's wholesale ADSL product, will...
[July 27, 2001, 17:35]
Easynet Moves In On BT's Wholesale Market
News Easynet has launched the first challenge to BT in wholesale broadband with its 8Mbps LLUStream service. BT Wholesale announced last month it is testing a 2Mbps ADSL service which is expected to become available to all UK ISPs in early 2005.
[December 13, 2004, 14:50]
BT To Sell Broadband-multiplying Software To ISPs
News BT Wholesale is to distribute a software suite that could improve the performance of broadband connections through the use of multiple lines. BT Wholesale's director of product management, Angus Flett, said the patented technology could aid in the...
[December 6, 2007, 0:00]
BT Approves DIY Broadband Christmas Present
News Consumers will be able to sign up for self-installation ADSL services early in the New Year, BT Wholesale confirmed on Tuesday. BT said the wholesale product will be available from 15 January, and it is also expected to be available to consumers...
[December 18, 2001, 12:37]
BT To Begin Public Trial Of 256Kbps ADSL
News At present, BT Wholesale's entry-level broadband product, which is resold by over 100 ISPs, runs at 512Kbps. The telco will begin testing a wholesale 256 kilobits-per-second ADSL broadband product called IPStream Home 250 next month, in a trial...
[June 22, 2004, 17:35]
Broadband Prices To Fall In Early 2003
News BT Wholesale announced on Thursday that it plans to halve the installation cost of several of its broadband products in early 2003. Recent advertising campaigns from BT and its service providers have really boosted awareness and demand, and with...
[December 13, 2002, 13:48]
BT Broadband Price Cut 'unlikely' To Benefit Consumers
News BT is expected to announce a cut in the cost of wholesale ADSL as early as this Thursday, but sources suggest that the reduction may not result in significantly lower prices for consumers. According to an insider familiar with the situation, BT...
[April 2, 2003, 18:07]
Business Wins With BT Broadband Price Cuts
News From 1 May the cost of IPStream Office 500, BT Wholesale's entry-level broadband package that gives business users a 500Kbps connection, will fall from £40 per month to £18 per month. This is a real price cut on a wholesale level," insisted...
[April 3, 2003, 11:36]
BT Halves Business Broadband Start-up Cost
News Between 21 October, 2004, and 24 February the wholesale connection charge for BT's SDSL products will drop from £450 to £225. This special offer is designed to stimulate the take up of SDSL services, which are still relatively new products, and to...
[July 22, 2004, 17:25]
Openworld Claims Success After Broadband Price Cut
News BT Wholesale's decision to drop the installation cost of ADSL and extend the range of the technology appears to have boosted the take-up of high-speed Internet access in the UK. BT Wholesale's Rebecca Webster said last month that broadband demand...
[November 8, 2001, 14:49]
BT To Revitalise Rural Broadband Trials
News BT Wholesale is trialling a new scheme that could see broadband rolled out to rural areas with as few as 16 high-speed Internet subscribers, the company announced on Wednesday. BT Wholesale spokesman David Orr emphasised that there is no guarantee...
[August 14, 2002, 16:23]
BT Acts To Combat Broadband Slowdown
News If successful, it is likely to be rapidly rolled out to all the ISPs who resell BT's wholesale ADSL products. BT Wholesale's speedy development of this MTU tweaker is a great move. BT has begun testing a piece of software that could mean faster...
[December 23, 2002, 16:18]
BT Works Out Its Next Broadband Move
News According to Cameron Rejali, BT Wholesale's MD of products and strategy, the telco can't match the speed at which the local-loop unbundlers roll out faster broadband services because of the pressure of having to make sure BT's services reach...
[December 8, 2005, 16:30]
Uncertainty Clouds Broadband Price Cuts
News UK telecommunications regulator Oftel has not yet decided whether or not to approve the wholesale broadband price cuts that BT announced last month and that are due to come into effect on 1 April. BT wants to cut the wholesale price of its full...
[March 21, 2002, 17:11]
BT Unimpressed Over Probe Into ADSL Price Cuts
News The regulator is looking into BT Wholesale's decision to install ADSL for £75, rather than the usual cost of £150. In addition to BTopenworld, at least 180 other ISPs buy wholesale ADSL capacity from BT.
[October 22, 2001, 17:25]
BT Caves In Over Broadband Price Cut Row
News BT has decided to lower the cost of its Datastream products following claims that it has broken the terms of its licence by only cutting the prices of some of its wholesale broadband services. Datastream also allows them to offer different...
[May 7, 2003, 16:52]
Plug-and-play Broadband Due In January
News The cost of broadband Internet packages could drop early next year, after BT Wholesale announced today (Wednesday) that it is aiming to start selling self-installation ADSL equipment by January 2002. With the plug-and-play option, customers will be...
[October 24, 2001, 16:56]
Ofcom Forces Action On Broadband Unbundling
News Ofcom announced a range of measures on Thursday designed to create more competition in Britain's wholesale broadband market, a sector which is currently dominated by BT. The communications regulator has demanded that BT lower the pricing it charges...
[May 13, 2004, 13:55]
BT To Test Low-cost Satellite Broadband
News It's not yet clear which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will take part in the trial, or how much it will cost, but BT has said that the trial wholesale price will be less than the £15 per month that ADSL costs -- suggesting that users will pay...
[April 15, 2002, 13:53]
