BT broadband
BT Openreach gets new CEO
Internet provider BT appoints Olivia Garfield as the new CEO of its Openreach division.
She succeeds Steve Robertson who had been the chief executive of BT Openreach for more than six years. more »
BT takes away speed restrictions on unlimited broadband packages
BT customers who currently use its unlimited broadband packages will not be subject to fair usage policy (FUP) from next month, the broadband provider has announced today.
The internet provider currently applies speed restrictions on its uncapped services like BT Total broadband Option 3 and 40Mbps BT Infinity Option 2, when the usage exceeds 300GB. more »
BT launches Home Hub 3 Wireless broadband router
Broadband provider BT has revealed its new wireless router ‘Home Hub 3‘ which gets launched by the end of this month.
BT Home Hub 3, the latest version in Home Hub series, is wireless N router (802.11n) capable of providing interference-free net access, using the new, ‘Smart Wireless’ technology, the internet provider said. more »
BT benefits from stronger Retail broadband performance
BT Group said its Retail division which offers home and business broadband products to its UK customers added 188,000 customers during the three month period that ended on 31st December 2010.
According to BT’s latest financial results, total broadband net additions via its nation-wide broadband network jumped from 253,000 in Q3 2010 to 356,000 in Q4 2010 with BT Retail accounting for more than half of the net additions (53%) in the latest quarter. more »
BT broadband to launch two-tier internet service
BT is planning to launch a new wholesale product that will help broadband ISPs to deliver video contents with better quality.
BT’s Wholesale service ‘Content Connect‘, using the new network, will allow video websites like BBC iPlayer and Google YouTube to pay broadband providers for high quality streaming of their contents to their viewers, Financial Times (FT) has reported. more »
