More Network insight – Page 233
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PremiumBT Enterprise’s RingCentral-powered UCaaS is division’s fastest growing solution, claims vendor
RingCentral claims involvement in BT Enterprise’s fastest growing division.
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PremiumInLinks used to monitor air quality in Birmingham and Bradford
BT Enterprise is working with Bradford Council and scientists in Birmingham to employ its InLinkUK kiosks’ integrated sensors to measure air quality.
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PremiumBT Enterprise launches Counter Drone Solution
Partnership with DroneShield to provide proactive response to the threat of drone disruption for Enterprise customers.
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PremiumBT Enterprise to play its part in Beyond Limits plans
Enterprise is edging customers towards its new portfolio of digital services as it declares its support for ‘UK PLC’. Upfront investment in upgrades for both fibre and Ethernet connections expected to create a smooth path for upselling. Security services to be weaved throughout the Enterprise portfolio in pursuit of ...
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PremiumBT demos 8K, but easing focus on technology
Amidst showcase of new network and broadcast technology, BT Sport stressed the importance of customer experience over technology bragging rights. Value of 5G emphasised for more efficient and agile production capabilities.
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Public AffairsPlusnet faces further negative publicity over billing issues
Plusnet, BT Consumer’s budget-brand internet service provider (ISP) subsidiary, faced further negative publicity over billing issues, after its system failed to take payments from hundreds of customers for a period of up to four months.
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PremiumBT commits to cut prices for out-of-contract and vulnerable customers
Ofcom set out a range of measures to help ensure that out-of-contract broadband customers pay fairer prices and providers offer better protection to vulnerable customers.
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PremiumBT Consumer faces continued scrutiny over broadband pricing
BT Consumer was hit with further negative publicity for overcharging long-term broadband customers.
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Premium5G up and running for BT Mobile
BT Mobile launched a range of 5G smartphone plans for consumer and business customers across more than 20 towns and cities in the UK, and aims to extend coverage to a further 25 locations, with speeds of 100Mbps–150Mbps, by the end of 2019.
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PremiumBT Consumer strategy feeds into Beyond Limits goals
Consumer division to spearhead BT’s refreshed higher profile through customer experience development and partnership focus in line with 2018 strategy. Superfast services become default, with free upgrades pushed to 700,000 FTTC holdouts. New products on the horizon, but details remain vague, and TV refresh pushed into 2020. Social projects ...
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PremiumBT, TIP and Facebook launch third annual startup competition
BT Group, the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), and Facebook launched their third annual competition for startups in telecom infrastructure to join the UK’s TIP Ecosystem Acceleration Centre (TEAC), based at BT Labs in Adastral Park, Suffolk and Tech City in London.
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Suppliers & SCMSutton provides technology-focused update on BT Group’s 5G progress
BT’s Andy Sutton provided a deeply technology-focused update on the Group’s progress along the path to 5G.
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PremiumBT Group joins EU QKD research project
BT Group was flagged as one of the UK participants in a Europe-wide quantum communications research project.
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PremiumBT Group launches IoT-based smart cycling trial at Adastral Park
BT Group launched an Internet of Things (IoT)-based smart cycling trial at its Adastral Park technology campus in Ipswich, UK.
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PremiumOfcom report states UK full-fibre coverage at 8%
The latest update to Ofcom’s Connected Nations report stated that in May 2019 full-fibre coverage had reached 8% of the UK population, with just under 2.5 million premises passed — an increase of around 400,000 since the start of 2019.
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PremiumOpenreach drop BBU; raising prospect of cheaper fibre deployments
Reports that Openreach is to stop providing battery backup units (BBU) by default for fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) installations (BTwatch, #300) gained substance, following the appearance of a more compact optical network unit (ONT).
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PremiumOpenreach consulting on possible B2B symmetric FTTP product
Openreach has been carrying out consultations on the possible provision of a symmetric fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) product that is geared towards the business market.
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PremiumOpenreach promotes managed FTTC install
Openreach flagged a special offer on the ‘managed install’ of VDSL services from 10 September 2019 to 10 March 2020, indicating that it was responding to greater appetite among communications providers (CP) to visit the premises of consumers and manage service from the outset.
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Suppliers & SCMFujikura wins Openreach deal after ribbon pilot
Openreach trials of a new type of ribbon fibre cable to speed deployment of fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) in the UK appear to have culminated in a contract for manufacturer Fujikura, which participated in the trial with cable installer CBS Products (BTwatch, #303).
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PremiumOpenreach piloting FTTP connectivity delivery to MDUs in Salford
Openreach is running a pilot programme testing the ways in which it can deliver fibre-to-the-premises connectivity to multi-dwelling units (MDU) in Salford, Greater Manchester.