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BT workers accept new pay deal
Posted by Kim Newbold on 6th Aug 10
Possible widespread disruption to BT customers has been avoided as workers vote in favour of accepting a new pay deal. Months of negotiations between the telecom giant and union bosses has resulted in a deal worth 9.3 per cent over the next three years. The agreement means that threatened industrial action will now no longer [...]
(Read More)BT announces quarterly profits
Posted by Kim Newbold on 30th Jul 10
BT has announced its quarterly results and said that it considers them acceptable. The telecoms giant reported a fall in revenues from £5.2 billion a year ago to £5 billion. However, profits are up by 38 per cent on the same quarter last year. Between April and June BT recorded profits of £375 million [...]
(Read More)BT increases call charges
Posted by Steven Allen on 19th Jul 10
As of this October, BT intends to push the price of calls up by 10 per cent and increase monthly line rental by 50 pence. Most customers will be informed of the new rates in a letter they will receive before the end of the week. Daytime calls will go up from 5.9 pence to [...]
(Read More)BT starts price war with Sky
Posted by Kim Newbold on 2nd Jul 10
BT has announced that it will be slashing the price of its subscription fee to customers wishing to watch English Premiership football matches. The telecommunications giant will now be offering access to Sky Sports 1 and 2 for just £16.99 per month. To receive the channels through rivals Sky currently costs £26 per month. However, [...]
(Read More)Virgin Media plans to expand cable network
Posted by admin on 24th Jun 10
Virgin Media has announced plans to deliver its cable network to the one million homes which BT does not consider network upgrading to be a worthwhile investment. Virgin has also announced that it will be able to undertake the task without having to ask for subsidies. Director of technical strategy at Virgin Media, Kevin Baughan, [...]
(Read More)87 per cent of London to have fibre broadband by Spring 2011
Posted by Michael Bond on 16th Jun 10
According to BT, by the spring of next year, 87 per cent of homes and businesses in London will have access to the ISP’s fibre network. Presently, that figure stands at just 3 per cent. BT plans to make London’s fibre network a combination of two services. The first offers internet connection speeds of up [...]
(Read More)BT offers workers new pay deal
Posted by Michael Bond on 9th Jun 10
A new deal between BT and union leaders could mean that many customers throughout the country will not have to put up with disruption to their internet service and their phone lines. A week ago, union chiefs said that they would ballot 55,000 members of BT staff over possible strike action, after refusing to accept [...]
(Read More)Big businesses accused of spying on those complaining on the internet
Posted by Steven Allen on 7th Jun 10
Carphone Warehouse, easyJet and BT are just three of the large British firms being accused of spying on their customers by using specialist software to see who is complaining about their services. The firms are said to be targeting social networking sites to find out what the complaints are and who is making them, and [...]
(Read More)Union angered at £1 million bonus for BT boss
Posted by Steven Allen on 24th May 10
Members of BT’s main union, the Communication Workers Union (CWU), are furious at the news that the company’s chief executive, Ian Livingstone, is to receive a bonus this year in excess of £1 million. The figure is three times larger than £343,000 he received a year ago, and comes after BT has been forced to [...]
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