BT Group
The BT Group and British Telecommunications, BT short, is a British telecommunications company. BT Group is the holding company of the Group and employs only his board, while the congruent British Telecommunications plc also includes its entire business and assets.
History
Founded as The Electric Telegraph Company in 1846, it is the world's oldest companies in this field. The former state-owned telephone company was privatized under Margaret Thatcher in 1984 by the " Telecommunications Act 1984 " and is now one of the few truly global telecommunications company.
BT operates a provider of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services, and; regional, national and international telecommunications services; Broadband and internet products and services connect and converged products and services, the fixed and mobile networks. For the BT Group has approximately 100,000 employees worldwide.
In the March 31, 2009 ended fiscal year, the turnover of the BT Group amounted to 21.39 billion pounds sterling.
Structure
For BT Group of companies includes:
- BT Global Services: Solutions and services for large business customers ( formerly BT Ignite )
- BT Broadband: Internet Provider
- BT Retail: telephone services to end-users in the UK
- BT Wholesale: wholesale services for competitors and BT Retail
- BT Exact / One IT: Development and Research
- BT Mobile: Mobile Service Provider
- BT Conferencing: Conference Service Provider
- BT Openzone: public Wi-Fi hotspots in hotels, coffee shops, etc. ( Europe )
In one published in August 2005, ranking Gartner BT ranks among the top five in an Enterprise Network IT Services area. After a growth spurt of 25 % in 2004 BT makes the leap from number 7 and placed directly behind IBM, HP / EDS and Accenture.
BT in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
In Germany, BT is represented today by BT Germany, headquartered in Munich, which belongs to the line of business, BT Global Services. BT ( Germany) GmbH & Co. oHG has emerged from the former Viag Intercom, formerly a joint venture between BT, VIAG and Telenor of Norway. In 2002, Viag Intercom was split into a fixed network division (now BT Germany ) and a mobile division, which was acquired by the Spanish Telefónica early 2006 and now under Telefónica Germany (brand: O2 ) operates.
In the last financial year ( 2008/ 09, March 31, 2009 ) BT Germany generated sales of over 1 billion euros with 1,400 employees.
BT operates since 2010 all the hotspots in the German Starbucks stores with its brand BT Openzone. In this, the customer can log in for free without registration with any Wi-Fi enabled device for two hours.
In Austria BT is represented by the BT Austria GmbH, based in Vienna, which belongs to BT Germany.
In Switzerland, BT operates under BT Switzerland Ltd.. , Headquartered in Wallisellenstrasse and offices in Bern, Basel and Geneva. Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) and Country Manager since February 2012 Luca Zappia, he followed Susanne Ruoff.