BT Group plc (formerly British Telecommunications plc, abbreviated to British Telecom, and still occasionally referred to as such) is the privatised former state telecommunications operator in the United Kingdom. It is the dominant fixed line telecommunications and broadband Internet provider in the UK, and also operates in more than 170 countries around the world. It is headquartered in the BT Centre in the City of London.
BT Group is also one o...
more
BT Group plc (formerly British Telecommunications plc, abbreviated to British Telecom, and still occasionally referred to as such) is the privatised former state telecommunications operator in the United Kingdom. It is the dominant fixed line telecommunications and broadband Internet provider in the UK, and also operates in more than 170 countries around the world. It is headquartered in the BT Centre in the City of London.
BT Group is also one of the largest communication companies in the world, with over a third of its revenue now coming from its Global Services division. A public limited company, the Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
A number of privately owned telegraph companies operated in Britain from 1846 onwards. Among them were
The Telegraph Act 1868 passed the control of all these to the newly formed GPO (General Post Office)'s "Postal Telegraphs Department"
With the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell...
less
