Articles tagged with 'Coronavirus' | BT plc

BT Group Newsroom (Coronavirus)

2021
10
May
2021
| 14:03 Europe/London
BT launches search to identify and celebrate the ‘Unbreakable’ spirts of lockdown - the hero members of public who have kept Brits entertained and motivated via the power of the internet, during a unique and challenging yearBT is joined
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15
February
2021
| 12:38 Europe/London
News comes as NHS announces that 15 million people have received first dose of Covid-19 vaccine across UKBT playing active role in helping NHS achieve this important milestone by connecting more than one hundred vaccination centres to high-speed
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11
February
2021
| 09:13 Europe/London
Jeremy Smitham, Senior Manager Voice services at BTOver the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, I have been incredibly proud of my team of 999 call centre agents for putting the needs of the UK public first to fulfil their critical role. As well
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19
January
2021
| 08:11 Europe/London
EE, BT Mobile, and Plusnet Mobile customers to have free unlimited access to Oak Academy content by the end of JanuaryZero rating of popular educational websites forms part of BT’s ‘Lockdown Learning’ support scheme announced last
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11
January
2021
| 09:15 Europe/London
EE, BT Mobile, and Plusnet Mobile customers to have unlimited access for free to BBC Bitesize content by the end of JanuaryZero rating of popular educational websites forms part of BT’s ‘Lockdown Learning’ support scheme announced
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08
January
2021
| 18:12 Europe/London
Connectivity is essential for children to keep up with learning at home during the pandemic. We want to help ensure no one is left behind while face-to-face teaching is on hold. That's why BT is increasing its effort to enable disadvantaged
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08
January
2021
| 13:04 Europe/London
BT introduces connectivity support scheme to help disadvantaged children continue their education while schools remain closedPackage to include:Free unlimited mobile data for those families and carers supporting children with no internet access, to
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2020
28
October
2020
| 09:44 Europe/London
2020 has been a year of tectonic shifts in the UK’s telecoms supply chain. In January this year the UK government announced proposals to limit use of Huawei to 35% of future fixed and radio access networks and exclude them from the core of the
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06
August
2020
| 08:54 Europe/London
As technologists, we’re committed to finding solutions for problems; the coronavirus pandemic is no exception. The outbreak has created a swathe of issues across a broad range of sectors globally, not purely related to health outcomes.
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17
July
2020
| 10:46 Europe/London
Anyone who regularly gets caught up in commuter traffic, whether that’s on a motorway, or on an inner city or town road, will appreciate how frustrating that experience can be. Not only is watching a long line of vehicles creeping along at
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01
July
2020
| 13:14 Europe/London
Keeping connected - Over half of the UK (53%) has been using technology more often and in different aspects of their lives during lockdown Upskilling the UK through tech - Over a third (35%) agree that they’ve discovered new skills
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09
June
2020
| 12:57 Europe/London
As COVID-19 news and information dominate the news, misinformation about the virus is also peaking, undermining public trust. BT has long been committed to the online safety of our customers, providing advice and safeguarding tools that help protect
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15
May
2020
| 13:21 Europe/London
New research from BT Skills for Tomorrow suggests that many older people (70+) are suffering from a difficult combination of both physical and digital isolation during the Coronavirus lockdown. A poll of 1,000 people who have a close relative
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05
May
2020
| 10:00 Europe/London
By Kevin Brown, Managing Director, BT Security; Sarah Lyons, Deputy Director, National Cyber Security Centre The last few weeks have changed the way we use technology in ways we probably never imagined. Many of us are spending more time online,
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24
April
2020
| 11:24 Europe/London
  Surviving or thriving during Covid-19: how BT is supporting small businesses at this difficult time By Ashish Gupta, MD SME & Health, BT Enterprise As the UK works together to overcome the coronavirus pandemic, it’s hard
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22
April
2020
| 09:51 Europe/London
Over the next two weeks, BT is providing up to 8,000 of our customer service colleagues from our contact centres across our consumer brands with the technology, the security and equipment so that they can work from home. Since the world changed
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21
April
2020
| 10:43 Europe/London
BT’s Adastral Park is co-ordinating a major effort to create thousands of protective visors for frontline health and social care workers in the East of England every week during the coronavirus pandemic. The company’s research and
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15
April
2020
| 11:17 Europe/London
By Fotis Karonis, CTIO Enterprise Once again on Thursday evening, we came together as a nation in a collective round of applause to recognise the amazing efforts of NHS staff, emergency services and other key workers who are helping us all to get
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06
April
2020
| 09:20 Europe/London
BT keeping the UK connected, safe and working, says Philip Jansen Commits to no job losses related to the coronavirus crisis for the foreseeable future Pay increase for ‘team member’ workers; pay freeze for
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27
March
2020
| 15:34 Europe/London
We are working to do as much as we can across BT, EE and Plusnet to keep providing our customers with the service they need and our people safe at this difficult time for us all. This is why we’re asking our most important people to come into
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23
March
2020
| 09:30 Europe/London
By Gerry McQuade, CEO BT Enterprise The global Covid-19 pandemic is first and foremost a public health crisis – the gravest of our generation – and it is only right that the Government has taken decisive action to protect the elderly
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20
March
2020
| 08:00 Europe/London
As stronger restrictions around COVID-19 begin to take effect, and many of us contemplate a future of working from home for an extended period, the resilience and capability of our networks takes on an even greater importance. No-one is more aware
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20
March
2020
| 08:00 Europe/London
With more of us spending time away from family, friends and work because of Coronavirus, using digital technology to stay connected has never been more important. It’s a very difficult and uncertain time for us all – and we’re
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16
March
2020
| 15:13 Europe/London
We have more than enough capacity in our UK broadband network to handle mass-scale home-working in response to COVID-19. Our network is built to accommodate evening peak network capacity, which is driven by data-heavy things like video streaming and
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13
March
2020
| 15:23 Europe/London
Howard Watson, our Group Chief Technology Officer, sends a video from home talking about the resilience of our UK network in the event of mass home-working during the coronavirus outbreak.
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12
March
2020
| 21:37 Europe/London
Philip Jansen, Chief Executive, BT Group has late this afternoon tested positive for COVID-19 and as a result has followed the Public Health England protocols to self-isolate. BT is now working closely with Public Health England to undertake a
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