17.04.2008
BT eyes service launches, avoids PBT talk
BT has been hounded by perceptions that its 21st Century Network project was staggering a bit, but in a keynote speech at Light Reading`s Ethernet Expo in London, Karl Penaluna, director of IP and data platforms at BT, painted a picture of a company loaded with new service announcements ready for... |
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03.04.2008
BT misses South Wales 21CN schedule
U.K. telco giant BT reportedly has fallen well short of a three-year-old pledge to connect 350,000 customer in South Wales with its 21 Century Network. BT made the commitment back in 2005 that it would have those customers online with the 21CN by 2007, but the Western Mail reports there are... |
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01.06.2009
BT throttling download speeds for cheapest services
British broadband provider BT Broadband`s practice of routinely throttling download speeds on its cheapest package by almost 88 percent during peak hours between 5 p.m. and midnight is drawing criticism from content owners who say the practice negatively impacts their products.A BT spokesman... |
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26.08.2010
BT Wholesale reaches five million 21CN user mark
BT Wholesale`s (NYSE: BT) aggressive network rollouts have paid off as the service provider now runs over five million broadband users on its Wholesale Broadband Managed Connect (WBMC) over IPStream Connect service. The service provider reached the five million mark after it transferred 230,000... |
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13.09.2010
BT, China Telecom to discuss potential partnership
BT (NYSE: BT) sees China as a major area of growth so this week it`s meeting with China Telecom`s executives to discuss how the two service providers could collaborate with one another. News of BT striking a possible collaboration with China Telecom, the smallest of China`s three main telecom... |
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15.01.2010
BTC's Haitian cable suffers damage, but ISPs remain operational
Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), the service provider that runs the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network (BDSNi) submarine cable system linking to Haiti, reported that service has been disrupted as a result of the earthquake that struck the Port-au-Prince area.In an interview with... |
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25.07.2008
Burlington Telecom keeps Al Jazeera in line up
Bowing to pressure from the city’s telecom advisory committee and the local citizenry, Burlington Telecom has reversed its controversial decision to drop Al Jazeera English from its channel line up. The battle had generated international press coverage as the Vermont city—and its... |
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29.11.2010
Burlington Telecom lender CitiCapital to repossess its network equipment
Things aren`t looking too good for municipal service provider Burlington Telecom as its primary lender CitiCapital will repossess the service provider`s telecom equipment, shutting down service for thousands of its telecom subscribers. Burlington, Vt.`s mayor Bob Kiss said that while Burlington... |
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28.09.2009
Burlington Telecom wants to extend network throughout Vermont
There has always been acrimony between municipally-owned telecom networks and incumbent operators, and Vermont-based Burlington Telecom is no different. The Vermont-based municipal provider will face yet another challenge from rival Comcast as it goes to the Vermont Public Service board to get... |
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05.02.2008
Bush to spend more than $1 B on Telecoms
The Fiscal Year 2009 Budget released by Bush Administration Monday included technology spending of $242 million to expand the Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and $1.1 billion in "fundamental" information technology research.According to the budget documents the money for... |
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