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BT Openreach reveals 330Mbps fibre for wholesale
BT Openreach today revealed it would be providing 330Mbps Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) connections for ISPs to rent. The company will make the network live on 11 June and offer special promotions ...15 May 2012
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Ofcom seeks more data on BT's wholesale broadband costs
BT customers and competitors may get more financial information about the UK's largest communications provider's wholesale broadband activities following...16 Feb 2011
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BT must slash rural wholesale rates, says Ofcom
Ofcom has proposed a reduction in the prices that BT Wholesale can charge internet service providers (ISPs) in rural areas of up to 14.75% below inflation.21 Jan 2011
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Government promotes wholesale rural broadband competition with £2bn framework deal
The government is inviting bids from telecoms firms to create competition in wholesale superfast broadband services in rural and hard-to-reach areas of the country, with the incentive...27 May 2011
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Ofcom proposes phone and broadband price cuts by BT Openreach
Telecoms regulator Ofcom has told BT’s wholesale division Openreach to reduce the prices charged to ISPs that use BT’s lines.07 Feb 2012
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Retailers turn to wholesale outsourcing
A growing band of retailers are choosing to outsource all of their IT functions rather than just outsourcing the management of individual applications, new research has revealed. According to a sur...05 Mar 2007
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Case history - BT Wholesale
Executive summary Office moves and building changes are part and parcel of a company’s evolution. Unless they are managed effectively, however, they can cause major disruption to the business – and...11 May 2005
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Nisa Today’s wholesale consortium consolidates with ERP system
Nisa Today's is a distribution and services consortium comprised of over 670 retailers and 330 wholesalers, operating some 5,000 stores. Working mostly in grocery, the company aims to...24 Jan 2008
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Lloyds Bank cooling system failure to blame for trading downtime
Lloyds Banking Group's wholesale banking division suffered several hours of downtime in its trading system as a server cooling system failed and traders reverted to pen and paper.05 Aug 2011
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Food wholesalers spend heavily on IT
Business Focus is a weekly column providing at-a-glance statistics and commentary on spending priorities and trends in particular sectors. This week we look at food and drink wholesalers...07 Nov 2006
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BT to become a public sector network service provider
BT Wholesale is set to become a key supplier to Government Conveyance Network services which will interconnect the Cabinet Office's Public Sector Network services.10 May 2011
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Ofcom to cut Openreach prices up to 9% in real terms
Ofcom proposes to impose real cuts of up to 9% on the wholesale price of a range of BT Openreach's products.31 Mar 2011
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Leaked government documents suggest shared services are the future
Leaked documents have cast doubt on the government's enthusiasm towards wholesale outsourcing to help it cut public sector costs and suggest that joint ventures would be a more palatable...04 May 2011
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Voice-enabled order picking app boosts productivity at wholesaler
Grocery wholesaler James Hall & Co is to roll out the Accord Voice Picking system from supply chain software firm BCP across its entire warehouse operation.28 Nov 2005
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Ofcom aims to unbundle broadband with new interface standard
Ofcom has subcontracted to the NICC network standards body the development of a wholesale broadband 'API', the Active Lines Access (ALA) standard.15 Nov 2010
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EDF Trading CIO steps down
Mark Pickering has stood down as CIO of energy wholesale firm EDF Trading. Mark Pickering left the energy commodities trading giant last month after...29 Sep 2010
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Bespoke supply chain systems push wholesalers’ IT spend 40% above the average
Business Focus is a weekly column providing at-a-glance statistics and commentary on spending priorities and trends in particular sectors. This week we look non-food wholesalers.10 Nov 2006
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BT accepts loss on Sky sports channels deal
BT has admitted that it will lose money on its Sky Sports offering in its online TV service as a result of BskyB's wholesale price increase.01 Jul 2010
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Covad and AOL form wholesale DSL pact
Covad Communications has granted America Online (AOL) access to its digital subscriber line (DSL) services over its US network as part of a five-year wholesale agreement. AOL will have access to a ...06 Sep 2002
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Logistics software will save wholesaler £800k
Pharmaceuticals wholesaler AAH has implemented logistics planning software which it expects will save it £800,000 per year and...11 Jul 2002
