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Blog A photo agency had been called in to snap the head banana of BT Retail, Pierre Danon whose name, as I've said before, I can never hear without the sensation of a female voice cooing "Ooooooh, Dannon! Anyway, the snappers from the agency called up...
[May 9, 2003, 12:37]
Siebel and BT target e-government services
News Pierre Danon, chief executive of BT Retail, added that in his view it was no longer true that government contracts are a pushover for vendors. Both Tom Siebel and Pierre Danon described the Contact Central launch as a major success, saying that £4m...
[November 14, 2002, 16:48]
BT Retail swallows Openworld, but rules out full merger
News Pierre Danon, chief executive of BT Retail, insists the move is not a precursor to a full merger between openworld and Retail, as has been widely rumoured over recent months. Ingram however will report to Danon, making openworld just a subdivision...
[December 9, 2002, 15:06]
BT hit a low note with Midband
Leader This is why Pierre Danon, one-time chief executive of BT Retail, saw fit back in November 2002 to unveil Midband as the cure to the digital divide. Danon declared in late 2002 that 10 percent of the population would still not be able to get...
[September 6, 2005, 15:40]
BT finally gets on board with 1Mbps broadband
News Announcing the launch, BT Retail chief executive Pierre Danon said the 1Mbps product would give users a better broadband experience than BT's existing 512Kbps services. It also takes BT one step nearer to achieving its target of five million...
[January 15, 2004, 16:35]
Oftel to push for wholesale Midband?
News Midband, which was announced by BT Retail chief executive Pierre Danon at last November's e-Summit, is based on ISDN and will give data rates of up to 128Kbps, and although it does not give a constant Web connection, it will provide always-on email.
[February 10, 2003, 12:21]
BT pulls the plug on Midband
News Midband was launched with some fanfare in November 2002 by Pierre Danon, then BT Retail chief executive. At the time Danon, who has since left the telco, claimed Midband would appeal to those who didn't live in an area where broadband was available.
[September 6, 2005, 14:15]
Midband falls short of early promises
News It also will not support always-on email access, despite the fact that Pierre Danon, chief executive of BT Retail, has previously said that it would. Danon announced Midband at last November's e-summit, and billed it as the solution to Britain's...
[May 1, 2003, 14:09]
BT unveils multimedia directory plans
News Today's announcement proves BT's commitment to giving our customers the best service -- providing instant and easy access to a wealth of information via phone, Internet or paper directories," claimed Pierre Danon, chief executive of BT Retail.
[August 6, 2002, 12:49]
Tuesday
Blog It turns out, says head honcho Pierre Danon -- does anyone else hear a female voice coo "Oooooh, Danon! Tuesday 18/03/2003 BT announces Midband, which sounds like a talent contest for Birmingham pop groups but is really the answer for people out of...
[March 21, 2003, 18:36]
Workers protest over call-centre outsourcing
News BT Retail chief executive Pierre Danon said in a statement: "While I fully respect the Communication Workers Union's role in representing their members' interests, some of their words are distorting the true situation and helping no one.
[March 20, 2003, 15:40]
BT unveils no-frills budget broadband
News We are making it simple for customers to get the most out of the Internet in a way that suits their own interests," said Pierre Danon, head of BT Retail, in a statement. We intend to keep broadband direct, simple and fun for the customer, which...
[April 24, 2002, 8:48]
BT slashes prices in mobile push
News The scale of activity around the launch of BT Mobile Home Plan in the high street shows how serious our intentions are in the consumer mobile market," said Pierre Danon, chief executive of BT Retail, in a statement.
[October 30, 2003, 17:00]
UK set for public Wi-Fi boom
News The government's decision to make Public Access Wireless LAN a reality was great news for BT and we have acted quickly to get it up-and-and give our customers the chance to benefit from high-speed, high-volume mobile working," said Pierre Danon...
[June 24, 2002, 17:34]
BT announces Danon's successor
News The successor to BT Retail CEO Pierre Danon has been named as current group finance director Ian Livingston. While Danon was known as a charismatic leader with a firm grasp of BT's overall business, some experts have already questioned whether...
[December 13, 2004, 12:16]
No break for BT broadband
Leader Unlike the shock exit of Pierre Danon, former BT Retail chief executive, Ritchie's appears to be an amicable departure. So, farewell Alison Ritchie, BT's chief broadband officer. After clocking up nearly a quarter of a century's service at BT, she...
[August 18, 2005, 14:55]
BT silent on rumours of Bonfield's early exit
News The FT attributes its story to un-attributed comments made by "a number of people involved" in this process, and tips Pierre Danon -- head of BT retail -- as a likely successor. Sir Peter Bonfield, chief executive of BT, is rumoured to be planning...
[October 12, 2001, 14:22]
BT trials wireless broadband service
News BT is absolutely committed to our goal of 100 percent broadband coverage for every UK community by 2005," said Pierre Danon, chief executive of BT Retail. BT is testing a wireless broadband service that if launched commercially could help to bring...
[December 16, 2003, 16:40]
BT's Bonfield to quit after mmO2 demerger
News No successor was announced, but Pierre Danon, head of BT retail, has been tipped as a likely choice. Sir Peter Bonfield, chief executive of British Telecommunications (BT), is to leave his post at the end of January, nearly a year earlier than...
[October 31, 2001, 11:01]
BT doubles its money with broadband growth
News Last year, several senior BT figures including Pierre Danon, chief executive of BT Retail, made bullish predictions about the future success of BT Broadband. BT's broadband operations are generating nearly twice as much money as a year ago, thanks...
[November 13, 2003, 16:45]
