Technologies and ProductsIn an extension of the companies’ long-term strategic relationship, Nokia says BT will test its FP5 network processing silicon, including its 800G interfaces. BT operates the largest IP network in the UK with peak rates above 25Tbps, powered by Nokia’s 77xx family of routers. With this trial, says BT, it will be the first in […]
Applications and ResearchBT says it has achieved a milestone in the development of quantum-secure communications by conducting the world’s first trial of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) over hollow core fibre cable, from Southampton University spin out, Lumenisity® Limited. This summer, BT began trials of a new type of optical fibre – Nested Anti-Resonant Nodeless Fibre (NANF) hollow […]
Technologies and ProductsBT says it is trailing hollow core fibre at its labs in Adastral Park, Ipswich, in a collaborative project with Southampton University spin out company Lumenisity and Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) mobile vendor Mavenir. BT researchers are using a 10-kilometre-long hollow core fibre cable provided by Lumenisity, which has a hollow, air filled centre […]
News and BusinessBlue Planet, a division of Ciena, is providing BT with intelligent automation software as part of the global service provider’s drive to deliver market-leading user experience for its multinational enterprise customers. The software will help BT provide its customers with quicker and more reliable access to cloud-based collaboration tools, such as file sharing and messaging […]
News and BusinessAccording to BT’s chief executive Philip Jansen, the UK incumbent operator is stepping up it’s efforts to roll out FTTP, aiming to reach 20 million homes by the middle of the decade, as long as everything goes to plan. Jansen said in a statement, “BT has the best network infrastructure in the UK. We have […]
News and BusinessBT has reached an agreement for the sale of its Spanish managed ICT services business, including its domestic network infrastructure in the country, to funds managed by Portobello Capital. Assets in the transaction include a 5,600km owned and leased optical fibre network, fully-owned city fibre networks in Barcelona and Madrid and three data centres. The […]
News and BusinessMicroCare Corporation recently announced that the Sticklers™ fibre optic cleaners have been approved for use by Openreach Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of BT Group. Openreach maintains the telephone and fibre cables that connect nearly all the homes and businesses in the United Kingdom to the national telephone and broadband network. Openreach field telecommunications engineers […]
Applications and ResearchThe UK has marked a milestone in the development of ultra-secure quantum networks with the opening of the world’s first commercial-grade quantum test network link between the BT Labs in Suffolk and the Cambridge node of the UK’s new Quantum Network. A statement from BT noted that the advent of quantum computing will offer huge […]
Technologies and ProductsTo support the rapidly growing traffic demands of 5G and FTTP, BT will deploy Ciena’s Waveserver™ stackable data centre interconnect (DCI) platform to massively increase the capacity connecting its data centres to the UK’s main Internet peering nodes. According to Ciena, Waveserver will provide BT with rapid network scalability to support mobile data growth from 5G, and growing residential […]
Applications and ResearchAdva is hosting a joint demo with BT at Mobile World Congress (26 Feb – 01 Mar in Barcelona) presenting end-to-end, multi-layer transport network slicing and assurance. The partners say the demo will illustrate how edge computing and network slicing techniques can enable emerging 5G applications. These include use cases that require ultra-reliable low-latency communications, […]
News and Business* Openreach to be a legally separate company within BT with its own Board * Around 32,000 employees to transfer once pension arrangements are in place * Openreach Limited to have its own brand without the BT logo BT and Ofcom have reached agreement on a long-term regulatory settlement that will see Openreach become a […]
Applications and ResearchThe quest for highly efficient 5G wireless connectivity has been given a boost thanks to a collaboration between a team of 5G engineers from the Universities of Bristol (UK) and Lund (Sweden), National Instruments, and BT. The research team has conducted field trials of a massive MIMO system at the BT Labs in Adastral Park, […]
Applications and ResearchBT and Oracle have announced that they are working together to help organisations across the world “take advantage of performance, cost and innovation benefits of the cloud”. Oracle customers will be able to leverage the high performance, reliability, and security features of the BT Cloud Connect environment to gain direct connectivity to the Oracle Cloud. […]
News and BusinessBT has announced a further wave of investment to help the UK remain the leading digital nation in the G20. Its Openreach and EE businesses will between them spend around six billion pounds in capital expenditure over the next three years in the first phase of a plan to extend superfast broadband and 4G coverage […]