BT: Yell Announcement 'business As Usual'
News The move to demerge is also understood to be unpopular with BT bondholders, who see it as damaging to the company's long-term creditworthiness. British Telecommunications (quote: BT) on Tuesday downplayed investor controversy over the future of its...
[January 30, 2001, 11:50]
Broadband Pricing Row Heats Up
News Wed 6 Feb: Cable & Wireless insist that making BT demerge its local telephone exchanges would benefit the UK telecoms industry, including BT itself BT throws down broadband gauntlet Fri 8 Feb: Chief executive Ben Verwaayen is on the verge of...
[February 9, 2002, 6:31]
Unions Protest Against BT's Wireless Sell-off
News BT announced its intention to demerge its wireless operations earlier this year, when it was under considerable pressure to reduce its debts -- which at one point came close to £30bn. Crowds of demonstrators greeted the BT shareholders who gathered...
[October 23, 2001, 13:10]
Select Committee Told That BT Must Lose Local Loop
News Britain will never have a truly competitive and successful broadband market as long as BT owns the UK's local telephone exchanges. That was the message that a senior Cable & Wireless executive took to the House of Commons on Tuesday.
[February 6, 2002, 14:08]
Shareholders Give Thumbs-up To BT Wireless Spin-off
News BT announced on Tuesday afternoon that its shareholders had voted overwhelmingly in favour of floating its wireless operations on the stock market. Despite protests from the Communications Workers Union and telecoms union Connect, investors backed...
[October 23, 2001, 16:26]
