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Articles tagged with: Bt
BT Signs Landline Services Resale Agreement with Vodafone
Vodafone UK and British Telecom (bt) have announced an extension of their long term partnership that will enable Vodafone to provide fixed line communications targeting small to medium sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK. more
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BT and Vodafone Agreement Approved by the Competition Authority
bt and Vodafone have announced that they have received approval from the Irish Competition Authority for plans by bt to transfer its customer base to Vodafone, while also providing wholesale network services to Vodafone for seven years. more
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BT to Integrate BlackBerry's Within its Office Service Platform
British Blackberry users will soon be able to roam on to office-based Wi-Fi networks for making voice calls - after the UK landline operator, bt inked a deal to integrate the BlackBerry Mobile Voice System (MVS) with its Cisco supplied bt Communications Complete platform. more
Related Tags: blackberry, cisco, UK
Telfort Fined for Missing 3G License Obligations
Dutch mobile network, Telfort has been fined EUR5 million for failing to meet its 3G license conditions. In a statement from the Dutch Telecom Agency, it was said that the operator had under-utilised its 3G radio spectrum. more
Related Tags: telfort, kpn, 3g-license, Netherlands
Job cuts at telcos: balancing tactical and strategic needs
Just as some economic commentators are beginning to gain the confidence to state that the worst of the downturn is, if not over, then not far off, in the telecoms industry we can look back on a first quarter that has delivered sharp declines in revenue and profitability. Analysys Mason notes that most of the major operators have announced their results for the first quarter of 2009, during which the effects of the recession appear to have been much more pronounced than they were in the fourth quarter of 2008 - the fourth quarter being one in which operators usually enjoy some seasonal uplift. more
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50th Anniversary of the Curly Cord Telephone
UK landline operator, bt is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first appearance of the familiar 'curly cord' telephone in UK homes. The 700-type telephone was launched in May 1959 and was designed to "Set off the decor of any room and add a discrete note of good taste and luxury you can afford". more
Related Tags: gpo, landline, aircraft, bell, UK
Starbucks Switching Wi-Fi Providers in UK and Ireland
Starbucks is to switch its in-store Wi-Fi service from T-Mobile to British Telecom, covering more than 650 Starbucks coffeehouses in the UK and Ireland. The first stores will have the service installed this week and the roll out will be completed by the end of the summer 2009. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, t-mobile, iphone, roaming, starbucks, o2, tim, bt-openzone, UK
European Incumbent Telecom Operators at Risk From Cable Broadband Upgrades
Fitch Ratings says in a report published today, that a number of European incumbent landline telecom operators risk increasing disadvantage given a failure to respond sufficiently to the risk posed by the cable operators' broadband investments and their own resistance to spending on fibre. more
Related Tags: sim, eu, fitch-ratings, tim, ovi, verizon, landline, verizon-communications, virgin-media, fitch, UK
Recession or Not, Wireless Backhaul Expansion Continues Strongly
Worldwide revenues from backhaul leasing are expected to double over the next 30 months, according to a new study from ABI Research. The growth curve even accelerates after 2012, resulting in a fivefold revenue increase between 2009 and 2014. more
Related Tags: ethernet, 3g, nokia, iphone, eu, itu, lte, abi-research, alcatel-lucent, ericsson, ovi, verizon, microwave, verizon-communications, backhaul, siemens, embarq, harris, nokia-siemens, laptop, nokia-siemens-network
OnRelay Trials Enterprise FMC with BT Global Services
OnRelay, a provider of cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) software, has announced that they have entered into a customer trial agreement with the international services arm of UK landline operator, bt Global Services. more
Related Tags: unified-communications, landline, fixed-mobile-convergence, fmc