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BT has announced today that the BT Foundation has developed an innovative corporate Volunteer programme, which under the name “ICT Volunteering”, aims to promote BT Spain’s employees’ charitable actions and favour the integration and development of underprivileged communities, through the use of information and communications technologies.

BT, one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services, today announced it has signed a $US3 million deal with Cochlear Limited, a world leader in advanced hearing loss solutions, to deliver network services that will consolidate suppliers, reduce costs, increase speed to market and support its growing global business.

Under the terms of the five year agreement, BT will provide a managed services solution for Deutsche Post DHL’s telecommunications infrastructure in 15 countries and over 1,000 sites across Asia Pacific.

Research from the European Contact Centre Confederation of Organisations (ECCCO) states that a large number of European call centre customers want a price per minute with network traffic embedded.

BT has announced that it has reached its goal of building a million-strong Wi-Fi hotspot network. Now the largest network in the UK and Ireland, the hotspots are available in homes, independent businesses, high street chains and major city centres.

BP today announced the launch of a major research collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Manchester. BP and the universities will work together on materials and corrosion research, as it applies to oilfield applications.

BT One Source allows customers to tailor their Polycom telepresence and video conferencing solutions to meet their specific business needs. It includes planning, design and implementation services as well as customer support services such as BT’s One Care Preferred “white glove” services.

England 2018, the organisation leading England’s campaign to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup™, today announced BT as an Official Partner. This major new partnership will help England 2018 in its ambition to bring the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ to England.

Cisco TelePresence systems create immersive virtual meeting experiences that make participants feel as though they are in the same room though they may be thousands of miles apart.

A consolidated approach will provide O2 with a platform to deliver a range of next generation communications services to meet the needs of its customers with the reliability and quality required, as well as enable the company to reduce its capital expenditure.

BT Conferencing today announced new video bridging pricing that can save customers money, help them manage their video conferencing budget more effectively, and simplify their operational needs.

BT today set out measures it is taking to help young people into work along with initiatives to ensure that those in employment receive certification through work training schemes.

BT has become the first UK internet service provider to pass the 5m customer mark, cementing its position as the nation’s number one.

The hosted IP telephony service represents the world’s first global offering based on Cisco® Hosted UC services as the platform for collaborative voice communications.

BT Tradespace, the UK’s first business social networking site, has launched Version 2.0 of the social business network to enable small businesses to create and use video and other social media tools to market themselves and grow their businesses online.

Financial institutions can achieve total cost of ownership (TCO) savings of over 50 per cent by moving away from do-it-yourself (DIY) network infrastructures and using shared managed extranet services, according to a newly-published whitepaper* from an independent research firm that has been sponsored by BT.

BT Global Services announced today its commitment to the new Avaya Connect accreditation programme. The business sees this as a critical component of its plans to expand its unified communications and contact centre solutions footprint for Avaya unified communications solutions, including Avaya AuraTM.

BT today announced the launch of Hybrid VPN, a managed and secure solution that enables its customers to access their corporate Virtual Private Network (VPN) via the public internet.

BT today revealed plans to more than double the availability of its fastest fibre broadband service. The company said it now plans to deliver speeds of up to 100Mb/s – the fastest in the UK - to around 2.5 million UK homes and businesses using fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) technology.

BT Vision has launched Vision Shopping, a new 24-hour on demand shopping channel service hosted by celebrity presenter Gaby Roslin. Leading digital TV management company, Canis Media designed, developed and produced the channel with BT Vision.