BT to offer OneWeb’s LEO satellite service
BT Group will offer OneWeb's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity services to its customers.The landmark Distribution Partner Agreement supports ...
In Focus: BT
🏢 BT Group UK Telecommunications, Fiber Broadband, Enterprise Connectivity and Global Network Services | |
| BT Group is one of the United Kingdom’s largest telecommunications providers, delivering fixed broadband, mobile services, enterprise connectivity, wholesale network access and digital infrastructure services. Its major operating brands and units include BT, EE, Openreach and BT Business. | |
| Why It Matters | BT is central to the UK’s fiber broadband, mobile and enterprise networking markets. Its strategy is increasingly focused on domestic UK connectivity, FTTP expansion, 5G, network modernization and a proposed 50:50 international enterprise joint venture with Verizon. |
| Founded | 1984 as a private company; roots trace back to the UK telecommunications system and British Telecom |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Chief Executive | Allison Kirkby |
| Business Areas | Fiber Broadband • Mobile Networks • Enterprise Connectivity • Wholesale Access • Cloud Connectivity • Cybersecurity • Managed Network Services • International Enterprise Networking |
| Key Platforms & Brands | BT • EE • Openreach • BT Business • Global Fabric • FTTP Broadband • 5G • Ethernet Services • Cloud Connect • Security Services |
| Recent Strategic Focus | BT is sharpening its focus on the UK market while pursuing a proposed 50:50 joint venture with Verizon that would combine the companies’ international enterprise operations into a new global connectivity business serving multinational customers. |
| Editorial Coverage | Converge Digest tracks BT across fiber broadband, mobile networks, Openreach, enterprise connectivity, global network services, cloud networking, subsea and terrestrial infrastructure, cybersecurity and telecom restructuring. |
| Related Knowledge Hubs | Verizon • Openreach • Fiber • 5G • Cloud • Security |
BT and Toshiba to build quantum-secured metro network across London
BT and Toshiba are to build a quantum-secured metro network linking sites in London’s Docklands, the City and the M4 ...
BT to employ Oracle’s Cloud Native Converged Policy Mgt
BT Group has selected Oracle Communications' Cloud Native Converged Policy Management to optimize its network resources and bring new 5G ...
BT sets 2030 net zero target for its own operations
BT Group is bringing forward its net zero target from 2045 to 2030 for its own operational emissions and 2040 ...
BT tests Quantum Key Distribution over hollow core fibre
BT has conducted a trial of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) over hollow core fibre cable developed by Lumenisity, a spin ...
Adam Crozier appointed as Chairman of BT
Adam Crozier will succeed Jan du Plessis as Chairman of BT Group plc with effect from 1 December 2021 when ...
BT launches new Managed Security Service
BT launched a new Managed Security Service that builds on its existing suite of solutions for enterprise customers.The service provides ...
BT makes equity investment in SAFE Security
BT announced a multi-million pound investment in Safe Security, cyber risk management firm based in Palo Alto, California.The company's Security ...
BT begins testing hollow core fibre
BT kicked off trials of hollow core fibre at the BT Labs in Adastral Park, Ipswich, in a collaborative project ...
BT increases FTTP target from 20m to 25m locations by 2027
BT reported revenue of £21,331m for the full year to 31 March 2021, down 7%, primarily due to the impact ...
BT claims unbreakable Wi-Fi with latest consumer gateway
BT introduced new home equipment for its consumer broadband network, promising the UK’s "only unbreakable wi-fi connection for the home ...
BT establishes procurement company in Ireland
BT Group has announced plans to set up a new procurement company (or a ‘ProcureCo’) which will operate as a ...
BT to offer RingCentral’s Unified Communications as a Service
BT will offer RingCentral's Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) and Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) services to its ...
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