〓 Shopping. 〓 Telecom. 〓 Phones. 〓 PAYG. ⚫ UK. ⚫ England. ⬤ London. ⬛ EE. ↂ EndNote. BT Group. British multinational telecommunications holding company BT Group plc (trading as BT and formerly British Telecom) is a British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London, England. It has operations in around 180 countries and is the largest provider of fixed-line, broadband and mobile services in the UK, and also provides subscription television and IT services.[2] BT's origins date back to the founding in 1846 of the Electric Telegraph Company, the world's first public telegraph company, which developed a nationwide communications network.
BT Group as it came to be started in 1912, when the General Post Office, a government department, took over the system of the National Telephone Company[3] becoming the monopoly telecoms supplier in the United Kingdom. BT controls a number of large subsidiaries. History[edit] A number of privately owned telegraph companies operated in Britain from 1846 onwards. Formation of British Telecom[edit] Privatisation[edit] [edit] BT. BT. BT Career. BT to provide networking and IT expertise to Metropolitan Police in £100m deal. Share this Last updated: 12 April 2017, 15:17 BST Our networking and IT expertise is to help the Metropolitan Police boost its effectiveness in fighting crime across the capital. The force selected BT to deliver high-speed fixed and wireless networks, together with a range of cloud and IT services, to help underpin their technology transformation programme and enable frontline police officers to work more quickly and efficiently.
This will help support faster responses to emergency 999 calls and enable the speedier deployment of officers needed to prevent and tackle crime in London’s communities. As part of the new £100 million contract, we will build a new high-speed wide area network connecting around 500 of the force’s sites across the capital, as well as upgrading local area networks. [Read more: Armed forces get broadband assurance from BT] This upgrade programme is designed to make call handling more efficient, with the aim of delivering faster response times to members of the public.
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