City: BT sets sights on Spain's Telefonica

The Sunday Telegraph London;  March 19, 2000 ;     366 words ...BT IS considering a bid for Telefonica, Spain's largest telecommunications...in a move which could create a company worth pounds 160bn. BT last year held abortive merger talks with its Spanish counterpart...feasible this time round. A deal with Telefonica would transform BT's position in Europe, which has ...

WorldCom bid leaves BT strategy in tatters

The Independent - London;  October 5, 1997 ;     700+ words ...BT's bid to become a global telecommunications company, lies in...key telecommunications alliances, whose strategies followed BT's and are also thrown into question, are Global One - a joint...communications to multinational companies. The potential breakdown of BT's relationship with MCI may also have a ...

DROPPING THE BURDEN BT wants to stop paying for the upkeep of its phone...

The Independent on Sunday;  May 25, 2003 ;     349 words ...BT, fresh from reporting annual profits of pounds 1.8bn, has asked...bill for the upkeep of services such as public payphones. When BT was privatised in 1984, the Government placed a so-called Universal...that households have access to a telephone line and requires BT to offer special tariffs for people ...

Beating up BT; Broadband.(Broadband market)(British Telecommunications...

The Economist (US);  May 22, 2004 ;     586 words ...Why BT has suddenly decided to cut its wholesale prices...communications regulator, won its first victory over BT, by scaring it into making huge price cuts? It certainly looks that way. On May 17th, BT announced dramatic reductions--of up to 70...

BT fears pounds 142bn competition bill

The Sunday Telegraph London;  January 7, 2001 ;     459 words ...BT claims it faces potential liabilities of up to pounds 142.5bn...exchanges to rivals have not been thought through and could expose BT to a vast and uninsurable risk if it inadvertently causes its rivals' services to fail. BT's estimate of the scale of the liabilities is more than three...

BT may pull out of Europe.(Business)

The Birmingham Post (England);  April 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ...BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen put the group's Ignite operations...yesterday. It follows calls in the investment community for BT to pull out of Europe, arguing the money could be better invested...The plan is to get 15 per cent annual revenue growth from BT Ignite and achieve EBITDA - earnings before ...

BT could sell Cegetel stake

The Scotsman;  November 13, 2000 ;     396 words ...BT is actively considering selling its stake in Cegetel, the French...pounds 8 billion. In an interview with Scotland on Sunday, BT's chief executive, Sir Peter Bonfield suggested a sale was...happens," he said. A complicated shareholder structure means BT cannot sell its Cegetel stake until 2002. However, ...

BT ordered to pay bulk of pounds 220m switching costs

The Independent - London;  December 15, 1995 ;     590 words ...BT was yesterday told to pay the bulk of the pounds 220m of costs...decision by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission will cost BT pounds 150m and the cable companies and other competitors pounds...giant. The decision led to a day of bitter squabbling between BT and Don Cruickshank, the telecoms regulator, ...

BT and AT&T to float new alliance Telecoms groups in talks over pounds 5bn...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  May 13, 2001 ;     489 words ...BT IS in talks with AT&T to create a global business telecoms...company would combine the two groups' Concert joint venture with BT's Ignite arm, which provides broadband services to businesses...partners struggle to resolve Concert's future. Alternatively BT may sell its stake, and Ignite, to AT&T. Failure ...

Will BT do the splits?(Making the telecoms market work better)

The Economist (US);  May 1, 2004 ;     558 words ...BT does not want to be split in two, but it might benefit JUST...years. Last week the BBC was left wringing its hands. This week BT is. Although this preliminary part of the review sets out to...Only one of the five questions is explicitly concerned with BT's present structure, but it is difficult to think ...

BT Unveils New Brand Identity.

PR Newswire;  April 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ...BT today revealed a new corporate identity that will replace its current piper logo. The new mark is the company...it became British Telecom in 1980. The change more accurately reflects the wide range of activities that BT now encompasses. Ben Verwaayen, BT's chief executive, said: BT's business and ...

BT Ranked Lead Global Telecommunications Provider in M.I.T.'s Technology...

PR Newswire;  December 19, 2002 ;     691 words ...BT today announced that it has been ranked the lead global telecommunications...development spending of the world's top 150 technology companies. BT, with its comprehensive ICT portfolio designed for multinational...providers included.(1) Chuck Pol, chief operating officer, BT Americas, said: BT has ...

City: BT to offer free calls to the internet

The Sunday Telegraph London;  May 23, 1999 ;     377 words ...BT is poised to revolutionise the internet by offering totally...fees. Under the secret plans, said to be at an early stage, BT is expected to offer internet access using a "freephone" number. Calls to the net would be made over their existing BT telephone line and, according to City analysts, customers ...

BT in US talks over pounds 2bn sale of Mercury

The Independent - London;  March 30, 1996 ;     700+ words ...BT is considering selling Mercury Communications to a group of...approach is believed to have been made by the Americans to BT, which is also considering an alternative option to sell Mercury...C&W has an 80 per cent stake in Mercury, the main rival to BT in the UK with a nationwide fibre-optic network. ...

Unisys Signs Multi-Year Managed Network Services Agreement With BT.

PR Newswire;  July 2, 2007 ;     498 words ...BT to deliver key support services for Unisys global network operations centers EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BT announced today that BT has entered into a global managed services agreement with Unisys Corporation , one of the world's largest IT services...