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Cook slams Bonfield's bumper pay-off
News The £3m pay-off awarded to departing BT chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield was criticised by senior Labour MP Robin Cook on Thursday. The imminent departure of Sir Peter Bonfield from BT was announced yesterday.
[November 2, 2001, 6:30]
News Roundup: BT must face up to its debt problem
News Managing director Sir Peter Bonfield needs to pay off a third of his company's £30bn debt as promised last November but in the current tech climate that is looking increasingly difficult. Wed, 21 Mar Calls for the heads of BT chiefs Bonfield and...
[March 21, 2001, 11:22]
Analysis: BT faces dilemma over debt
News If, on the other hand, it wants to save chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield's head, it could always ask the government for its 3G money back. In order to get any more money out of investors BT may have to offer up a sacrifice -- this will most...
[March 14, 2001, 14:10]
BT in university partnership to stimulate research
News The partnership -- announced at Adastral Park, the new technology park based at BT's famous Martlesham Heath research facility in Ipswich -- was opened by BT chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield and provost of UCL Professor Chris Llewellyn-Smith.
[March 26, 2001, 11:17]
BT's Vallance to be replaced by BBC chairman
News BT's falling share price has led to much speculation that both Vallance and chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield could be forced out of BT, which is £30bn in debt. Speaking on Radio 4's Today Programme, Sir Christopher Bland explained that he had no...
[April 26, 2001, 7:35]
BT silent on rumours of Bonfield's early exit
News Sir Peter Bonfield, chief executive of BT, is rumoured to be planning to leave his post six months earlier than planned. Sir Peter Bonfield has made no public statement on the matter". According to Friday's Financial Times, Bonfield is thought...
[October 12, 2001, 14:22]
BT pulls plug on shareholder meeting
News One possible reason for the cancellation is that the timing is just too sensitive, as speculation increases about an imminent float of BT Wireless and the sacrifice of chairman Sir Iain Vallance and managing director Sir Peter Bonfield to angry...
[March 20, 2001, 11:46]
Freeserve boss to follow Sir Iain?
News Shares dropped more than five percent and some commentators suggest that BT will need to sacrifice its chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield if it wants to really pacify disgruntled shareholders. Thursday could turn out to be a black day for the...
[April 26, 2001, 14:22]
BT applies for broadcasting licence
News Fresh from announcing the departure of chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield, BT is attempting to transform itself into a broadcaster. BT recently appointed Sir Christopher Bland, former chairman of the BBC, as its chairman.
[November 2, 2001, 11:02]
Positive reaction to the new wave BT
News BT splits its fixed line business into wholesale and retail arms and creates four new businesses designed to put BT "ahead of the wave in communications" according to chairman Sir Peter Bonfield. Bonfield is hopeful Yell will be worth "a lot of...
[April 13, 2000, 16:00]
BT's Bland is new media top dog
News Even though chief executive Ben Verwaayen is generally seen as the real driving force behind BT broadband push, Bland shares the credit for having chosen Verwaayen to succeed Sir Peter Bonfield. BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland is the sixth most...
[July 8, 2002, 12:55]
Former ICL chief to lead broadband advisory group
News He had been appointed five year's earlier, replacing Sir Peter Bonfield who moved to become BT's chief executive. BT's new chief executive, Ben Verwaayen, who took over from Bonfield this month, claimed that the BSG was capable of "dramatically...
[February 11, 2002, 15:45]
News Schmooze: Microsoft gets itself off the hook
News With Sir Peter Bonfield finally admitting he's going to leave BT at the end of January, one might wonder what this beloved chief exec has done for the company. By way of an answer BT explains that £1,000 invested in the company at the start of Sir...
[November 2, 2001, 16:40]
Jane Wakefield: No room at the inn
News It was a fitting end to the year that the BT bully boys, with Sir Peter Bonfield playing the role of Gripper Stebson, found themselves hauled before the government to answer supposedly tough questions about why it had repeatedly let consumers and...
[December 22, 2000, 12:39]
BT splits but experts question whether it is enough
News Announcing the changes Thursday, chief executive officer Sir Peter Bonfield made many references to just such a shift. There would be a "significant" change in "style and nature", Bonfield said. Describing himself as a "decentralist", Bonfield...
[November 9, 2000, 14:51]
Jane Wakefield: I am the network
News I suggested a life-sized bust of Sir Peter Bonfield in the centre might be rather nice but judging by the loud silence that followed others did not agree. It does show that BT is embracing change, but I would still dispute Sir Peter's oft-stated...
[March 26, 2001, 15:30]
Jane Wakefield: Take me back to the good old days of BT
News When Peter Bonfield made his let them eat cake remark -- advising those who couldn't afford Internet access at home to get down to their local schools -- Net fans across the country were outraged. Vallance, obviously jealous at Bonfield's ability...
[December 3, 1999, 16:53]
ISPA awards: Boos for BT and criticism for ISPs
News The glitzy event -- hosted by the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) at the London Hilton -- saw managing director of BT Sir Peter Bonfield pick up the special award of Internet Villain. Bonfield was not able to collect the award in...
[February 8, 2001, 14:53]
BT unimpressed over probe into ADSL price cuts
News In a speech last month Sir Peter Bonfield, chief executive of BT, said that the current regulatory structure makes it hard for BT to reduce broadband costs. We reduced our wholesale ADSL offering from £35 to £30 per month recently," Bonfield said.
[October 22, 2001, 17:25]
BT defends download limits
News The move is at odds with the vision of Broadband Britain that BT's chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield has been promoting. Delivering the 2001 Hinton Lecture last week, Bonfield eulogised about the benefits of a high-speed home Internet connection.
[October 8, 2001, 15:00]
