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Pay-as-you-surf WAP arrives, Cellnet steals a first
News From Monday, consumers will be able to access the Internet for a fraction of the cost of a PC, via a £99.99 mobile phone from BT Cellnet. Cellnet's pre-pay WAP package is available via Mitsubishi's Geo-@ handset.
[April 3, 2000, 16:03]
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". The analyst foresees a number of problems for Cellnet's rollout of GPRS, which...
[March 30, 2000, 11:11]
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]
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. Cellnet will begin trials shortly and should be rolled out...
[February 26, 2001, 15:41]
News Burst: Orange outpaces Cellnet
News Orange is set to leapfrog BT Cellnet in providing its customers with high speed mobile services, according to a Forrester report published Wednesday. Forrester dismisses Cellnet's claims of providing a full commercial rollout of GPRS services by...
[March 29, 2000, 15:54]
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]
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]
Genie to provide music over your mobile
News BT Cellnet's Genie service got a boost on Tuesday when it launched an exclusive content service from music giant EMI that will be delivered straight to capable mobiles. Subscribers to Cellnet's U prepay youth brand will be charged 5p a minute for...
[March 1, 2000, 12:13]
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]
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]
Geldof, Sky boost WAP choice
News Bob Geldof's WapWorld, the UK's first commercial independent WAP portal, coupled with a content deal between Sky and BT Cellnet announced Wednesday could, according to observers herald a dramatic increase in the choice of WAP content.
[February 10, 2000, 6:09]
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. Cellnet's Internet Phone service launched Friday boasting it was not a...
[January 24, 2000, 8:31]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
