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BOSTON, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In the near future, packaging and transport equipment will become "self aware," leading to total end-to-end visibility as goods move through the supply chain, according to BT. "Future supply chains will use computing models that allow products and packaging to communicate with point-of-sale and warehouse terminals, supplier portals, logistics assets, and other points throughout the chain. This will create true end-to-end supply chain visibility,"...

LONDON, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BT today announced a series of investments aimed at doubling its business in key Latin American countries over the next three years. By recruiting 250 new staff, increasing its professional services capabilities, opening new centers of excellence and implementing a wide range of network and customer service improvements, BT will better support global customers investing in this region and help large Latin American companies (the "multilatinas") expand...

IRVING, Texas, Sept. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BT joins the battle against breast cancer in the U.S. by supporting the 2011 American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. During the month of October, 13 teams of BT employees in Dallas, Washington, DC, New York, Boston and other select cities across the nation will participate in non-competitive three-to-five mile walks. These events help celebrate survivors, increase awareness to help people get and stay well, and raise...

LONDON, Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BT today announces that its BT Unified Trading voice service is now available in twelve more global financial centers. These centers are: Chicago, Boston, Charlotte, St Louis, San Francisco, Tokyo, Paris, Frankfurt, Zurich, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney. The service was already available in New York and London. The announcement was made in Frankfurt at The Future Delivered, a prestigious event for financial services companies organised by BT. BT...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com), a market research division of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lrcn.com), is pleased to announce that senior service and technology experts from Cable & Wireless Worldwide, GoGrid, GT&T and OpSource have accepted invitations to join the new global Ethernet Executive Council. Nearly 100 executives and other senior professionals from 60 service providers worldwide are now participating...

NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BT Americas Inc. is honored to participate in the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting and to announce BT's Commitment to Action - "Empowering Veterans in Transition to Civilian Workforce" - in partnership with the Bob Woodruff Foundation. The CGI Annual Meeting, being held this week in New York, brings together global leaders to share insights and ideas for creating meaningful and lasting change in the world. Each member of CGI is...

NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BT is one of eight business and government organizations highlighted in this year's Climate Week NYC, the annual global forum which aims to mobilize an international public-private response to climate change and to stimulate transformational action on the low carbon economy by helping bring about the "Clean Revolution" - the massive upscale of smart technologies, design and new business practices to tackle climate change. In a case study authored by...

SHEFFIELD, England, September 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Drinkers at nearly 100 London pubs and bars are to get fast Wi-Fi, following a new BT and Heineken partnership with plans to extend the wireless internet service to a further 200 pubs across the UK by the end of 2012. Through Wi-Fi [http://business.bt.com/broadband-and-internet/internet-access/wi-fi-for-business ] , customers can access a special area of the internet, the Heineken Hub, for which the UK's newest...

BT, one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services, and HyperCube, a premier wholesale provider of US local and national switching services to the competitive carrier marketplace announced a new partnership that will allow BT to connect it's customers to US telephone numbers using HyperCube's interconnected Tandem Network. BT's Global IP Exchange will provide wholesale customers in the UK and around the world with a cost-effective, IP end-to-end platform...

LONDON, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ian Livingston, Chief Executive, commenting on the results, said: "We continue to make progress towards delivering our financial, operational and growth goals. "We grew profit before tax(1) by 20% at the same time as investing in the future of the business. Our share of DSL broadband net additions was 56%. Our super-fast broadband network has now passed over 5m premises and the customer base has almost trebled in the last six months. BT Global Services...