BT Global Services
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Miami-based consultancy Neoris has appointed Luis Álvarez Satorre, formerly CEO of BT Global Services, as its president of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). -
BT has copied Telia’s idea by setting up a “division X”, where it will concentrate work on new technologies.
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BT and OneWeb have finally confirmed a report in Capacity in March that they are exploring using the satellite network for rural coverage in the UK.
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BT has appointed Chet Patel to head its operation in the Americas, replacing Jennifer Artley, who has moved to Verizon Business.
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BT has lost Jennifer Artley, who was president of its Americas operation, to Verizon Business, where she will be senior VP of strategic initiatives.
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TIM and BT have signed a preliminary agreement for the acquisition of two select BT Business Units in Italy by TIM.
Forthcoming events
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BT has completed sale of the Latin American part of what used to be BT Global Services.
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A former CFO of BT has had his honour removed, 10 years after he left the company and eight years after being convicted of insider trading.
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BT has completed negotiations to sell the French domestic operations of what was BT Global Services.
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BT’s own auditor, KPMG, has criticised the group’s internal controls following the 2017 scandal when it wrote off £530 million of losses in its Italian business.
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Damien Staples, former VP of wholesale voice and roaming at BT Global Services, has joined Inmarsat, where he has become VP of wholesale.
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BT is talking about selling its domestic operations in France to Computercenter, a £5.1 billion UK-based company.
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A private equity group has bought BT’s domestic operations in 16 Latin American countries for an undisclosed sum, a business BT says delivered £110 million revenue in the last financial year.
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BT has accelerated the transformation of its global unit with the sale of its Spanish managed ICT services business, which includes its domestic network infrastructure.
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BT Group’s CEO Philip Jansen (pictured) plans to sell more than £100 million in telecoms infrastructure in Holland, as he attempts to simplify the company.
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A US law firm is to file a new class-action complaint against BT tomorrow, naming past senior directors in the scandal at BT Italia, which caused the group to write off £530 million.
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Former Telstra executive Nathan Bell has become chief digital officer at Singapore-based mobile operator M1.
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Orange is no longer a shareholder in BT after it sold its last 2.5% for just £486 million, valuing the BT group at only £19.4 billion.
