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Wataniya Telecom selects Openet for convergent charging solutions (Kuwait)

  • June 17th, 2009
  • 3:03 pm

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Wataniya, Kuwait’s Red Carpet Co., has selected Openet, the leading provider of Transactional Intelligence for the world’s largest and most innovative network service providers, for its Fair Usage solution through the deployment of Openet’s FusionWorks(TM) Convergent Charging and Policy Manager products.

This integrated solution approach will ensure profitability from Wataniya’s data services by enforcing limits on subscriber usage volume, while allowing subscribers to purchase additional volume upon reaching limits. Wataniya will also deploy products to correlate and track data across all networks, implementing policies to monetize services and content.

With the growing consumption of rich, bandwidth-heavy content and services and the increase in peer-to-peer traffic, operators across the Middle East are struggling to control network capacity while continuing to ensure that all subscribers are provided the network performance they pay for. By deploying Openet’s Fair Usage solution on top of its Policy Manager and Convergent Charging products, Wataniya is taking the first step to ensure that excessive bandwidth usage generates incremental revenue.

Vodafone-BT ink network deal (UK)

  • June 8th, 2009
  • 8:00 am

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone and BT’s Ethernet technology ink a network deal. As per the deal, Vodafone will BT’s Ethernet technology to increase the capacity of its mobile network to offer data-heavy services. BT Wholesale will provide and manage high-speed connectivity between Vodafone’s base stations and its core network.

BT plans a job cut of 15,000 in 2009 (UK)

  • May 14th, 2009
  • 11:32 am

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: BT, the Britain based telco, plans to issue 15,000 pink slips in 2009, a reduction of 10% from the total staff. According to the telco, the job cut will be through voluntary redundancy, most of which will occur in its Global Services division that deals with the IT and networking for large businesses. The division is at present being restructured.
“Our aim is to work closely with the unions to reduce BT’s total labour cost, of both direct and indirect staff, as this is critical to the success of the company going forward,” said BT.
Andy Kerr, Deputy General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union, added: “We’re working closely with the company to ensure any losses are voluntary and we’re looking at new ways of finding new work and retaining permanent employees, including secondment agreements.”

Ericsson & Nokia intend to become Indian MVNOs

  • March 13th, 2009
  • 11:58 am

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Ericsson, the technology biggie and Nokia, the world’s largest mobile handset maker have reportedly revealed to start their MVNO services in India soon.
Nokia, the handset maker, is rumoured to be in talks with NTT DoCoMo to launch itself as an MVNO in the India. Whereas Ericsson had a meeting with DoT to unveil its MVNO plans in brief.
The reports further reveal, that if the two firms manage to grab the MVNO licence in India, it will give away the status they hold in their current businesses.
The other firms which have shown interest in launching MVNO services in India are Telekom Malaysia, Mobile ESPN, BT and ValueFirst.
It was in February, that DoT had authorized the entry of MVNOs to the Indian mobile market.

   

BT now owns South Africa’s fourth mobile licence

  • February 5th, 2009
  • 5:19 am

BT South Africa, which has been operating in the country as a Value Added Network Services (VANS) operator, has now been awarded a full telecommunication licence in the country, enabling it to expand its services to the masses. Keith Matthews, country manager of BT South Africa, commented: ‘The new licences will allow us to further expand our portfolio and offer a comprehensive range of networked IT services to our existing and new customers.’

   

BT acquires I-ECS & I-ECNS licences (UK)

  • February 4th, 2009
  • 6:41 am

BT has been awarded full telecommunications licences in South Africa, allowing it to expand the range of the network  services it provides in the country. It is operating in South Africa under a Value Added Network Services (VANS) licence. This licence has now been replaced with an individual Electronic Communications Services (i-ECS) licence and an Electronic Communication Network Services (i-ECNS) licence, giving BT the same provisioning rights as local incumbents and mobile operators.

“The new licences will allow us to further expand our portfolio and offer a comprehensive range of networked IT services to our existing and new customers,” said Keith Matthews, Country Manager of BT South Africa.
According to BT, local regulator the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has been under pressure from a number of players calling for it to convert VANS licences into i-ECS and i-ECNS licences.
“This development is part of the broader opening up of the telecommunications market with several VANS operators receiving licences,” said BT.

“This year has already been designated as the ‘year of bandwidth’ in South Africa as the telecommunications market deregulates – we welcome this new opportunity,” added Matthews.

BT partners with 2Connect to expand communication services in Bahrain

  • February 3rd, 2009
  • 11:37 am

BT and 2Connect announced today an expansion of BT’s capabilities in Bahrain, making it easier and more cost-effective than ever before for businesses in the Kingdom to take advantage of BT’s global information and communication technology (ICT) capabilities.
BT has operated in the Middle East since 1985 and today serves over 300 customers in the region. 2Connect is a key support partner for BT and the “BT Alliance programme”, BT’s global partner programme that allows IT service companies and network service providers to represent BT in their respective markets by marketing and selling BT’s portfolio of global networked IT services.
The BT Alliance programme was officially launched in 2008 and 2Connect is the first BT Alliance partner in the Middle East. The BT Alliance program comprises of over 100 partners globally and is part of BT’s strategy to reach and serve customers around the world.
Wael El Kabbany, general manager, BT Middle East and North Africa, said “The local partnership model gives
businesses access to world-class global network services, while dealing with a trusted local partner, in their own language and currency. It’s a very compelling proposition, which truly brings together the best of both worlds, in combining our strengths.”
Fahad AlShirawi, founder and managing director of 2Connect, said, “By joining the BT Alliance, we yet again highlight our mandate to provide unique services and bring high-quality information technology to the Kingdom of Bahrain. 2Connect’s customers will benefit from both our local experts as well as relationship that leverages BT’s global leadership in advanced connectivity and a host of complementary and value adding products and services.”

About BT
BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its
principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to our customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2008, BT Group’s revenue was £20,704 million with profit before taxation and specific items of £2,506 million.

British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group.
BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.

For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt

About BT Alliance
With over 100 partners across 50+ countries, the BT Alliance Partner Programme gives recognized partners the ability to market and sell BT’s broad portfolio of products and services to customers worldwide. In addition to BT’s world-class products and services, BT Alliance partners have access to BT’s proven technical expertise and support, and benefit from the company’s significant investment in R&D to bring the right products to market at the right time and price. Additional benefits of the programme assist partners with training and productivity tools, and include many other sales and marketing resources.

For more information, visit www.bt-alliance.com

About 2Connect
2Connect is a leading telecommunications service provider that offers an innovative portfolio of voice and data services that includes advanced internet and IP based solutions guaranteed by an independent state-of-the-art network and IT consulting support. 2Connect creates a new, energetic and dynamic LINK between its customers and the next generation of telecommunications services.
   

BT plans to enter the array of mobile telephony services (UK)

  • January 27th, 2009
  • 7:05 am

BT, a fixed line and broadband incumbent is reportedly planning to launch mobile telephony services under a joint venture with T-Mobile and Hutchison Whampoa-owned 3. The three companies have reportedly held informal talks which, although still at early stage, have included discussions on branding, costs and revenue. BT is considering the move in a bid to increase profits as customers increasingly migrate to mobile broadband services offered by other operators.

BT plans a job cut of 10,000 employees, terms the action as “decisive” (UK)

  • November 14th, 2008
  • 7:00 am

BT,  with a global workforce of 160,000, plans a job cut of nearly 10,000 employees by March’09 as it experiences a fall of 11% in pretax profits in H1′08.
The cuts will, reportedly, affect agency and contract staff and offshore workers, alongwith sub-contractors and other indirect employees.
Ian Livingston, chief executive of BT, terms its action as “decisive”. BT said the move was aimed at reducing its dependence on consultants and contractors. About 4,000 of the job losses will be direct BT staff, the remaining 6,000 will be from related employees.
BT admitted that its performance was “disappointing” and the results in its struggling Global Services division were “simply not good enough”, where EBITDA fell by 36%.

   

XLN Telecom-BT in wholesale calls agreement (UK)

  • October 20th, 2008
  • 11:21 am

XLN telecom inked a strategic agreement with BT for the provision of wholesale calls. Under the terms of the agreement, XLN will provide its own-branded telephony services over the BT Wholesale network. This will combine XLN’s commitment of providing the lowest business calling rates on the market and highest levels of customer service with the assurance that all calls are routed over the UK’s most extensive network.

“As the UK’s leading player in the SME market, we now have the recognised scale and presence to negotiate the best deals with the best providers on behalf of our clients. We are delighted to be contracting with BT for our clients’ benefit, “said, Anthony Karibian, co-founder and CEO of XLN Telecom.