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BT Group consists of three lines of business: BT Retail, which provides communications services to more than 20 million U.K. consumers and businesses; BT Wholesale, which provides network services and solutions within the United Kingdom; and BT Global Services, which delivers networked IT services to meet the needs of multinational companies.
BT's presence in the Asia-Pacific region, established largely through BT Global Services, dates back to 1985. The company has been beefing up its regional presence and recently clinched a major contract to provide news content provider, Reuters, with network services worth US$3 billion. Under the eight-year contract, BT will manage Reuter's secure data networks.
BT Group is currently planning to transform its infrastructure into a pure Internet Protocol-based network by 2009.
When completed, this mega network called 21CN (21st Century network) will enable its customers to access any communications service from any device, from anywhere, at broadband speed. This is part of BT's strategy to simplify things, including the network, so that converged services--be it fixed, mobile, voice or data services--can be delivered faster, more efficiently and more cost-effectively.
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Services.
Financials
| Fiscal year-end Mar |
FY05 |
FY04 |
FY03 |
FY02 |
FY01 |
Global full-year
revenue (US$millions) |
33,933.0 |
33,743.0 |
34,122.0 |
33,612.0 |
— |
Global full-year net
income (US$millions) |
3,316.0 |
2,562.0 |
4,945.0 |
1,879.0 |
— |
| Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years |
0.3 % |
| Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years |
48.1 % |
| Percentage of revenue from Asia |
2.0 % |
| Percentage of Asian revenues from channel |
— |
Operations:
| Founded |
United Kingdom/1981 |
| First Asian office |
Hong Kong/1983 |
| Global employees |
102,000 |
| Employees in Asia |
500 |
Asian countries:
Total 8 |
China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand |
| Notes |
In 1981, British Telecom was created as a distinct public corporation, and it split from Post Office. On Jul. 19, 1982, the government formally announced its intention to privatize British Telecom with the sale of up to 51 percent of the company's shares to private investors. This intention was confirmed by the passing of the Telecommuncations Act, 1984. Asia-Pacific accounts for 2 percent of BT's global revenues.
* Data correct as at September 2005. Information was compiled by ZDNet Asia from sources such as official reports, corporate Web sites, and Hoover's. ZDNet Asia strived to get the latest information but does not guarantee the correctness or completeness of the data. The information provided on this site is for general informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or sell any securities. |
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