Company Profile: BT
Company Profile
Who are we?
BT on the island of Ireland operates as an end to end business across all business sectors as well as servicing the needs of consumer customers both sides of the border.
BT employs over 3,500 people in total across the island. Ireland is vital for BT to meet our global strategy to serve the networked IT services requirements of large corporates. BT’s unrivalled global expertise and capabilities, underpinned by a global network that connects customers on the island of Ireland with 170 countries and 250 cities worldwide, has helped us win significant managed services deals in the private and public sectors.
What you didn’t know about BT’s History.
1937 BT launched the first emergency number – 999
1982 BT puts TV Satellite into orbit – that is still used by Sky today.
1982 BT invents world’s first cordless phone
1999 BT sends world’s first mobile phone picture message
What you didn’t know about BT today and tomorrow.
BT has 125 million kilometres of copper wire (that’s over 3,000 times the circumference of the earth!) and over 10.8 million kilometres of optical fibre
BT has one of the most extensive IP-enabled networks in the world, stretching from Europe to North and South America, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific region. We provide MPLS (multi-protocol label switching) communication service in 172 countries.
BT’s online giving platform, eDonate, takes up to 480 transactions a second for BBC Children in need
BT is the Official Communications Services Partner for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Website: www.btireland.ie
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