http:// 2007-09-24T18:00:00Z 2007-09-24T18:00:00Z bt-launches-carbon-impact-assessment-service-3

BT LAUNCHES CARBON IMPACT ASSESSMENT SERVICE BT Global Services helps businesses reduce energy consumption BT today announced that its newly formed Global Services sustainability practice has launched a service to help large corporates and public sector organisations reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint. BT’s carbon impact assessment enables organisations to accurately calculate the amount of CO2 emissions produced as a result of the use of networked IT services. It also provides a set of workable solutions to help customers reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint. Initially available in the UK and USA, the BT carbon impact assessment takes into account the way people’s work patterns (such as their travel and IT use) contribute to CO2 emissions, and how business operations, shared services, and building infrastructure add to an organisation’s carbon footprint. The strength of the approach allows a number of business scenarios to be tested and an assessment made of the associated energy and carbon reductions, such as ‘what if I virtualised all or part of my call centre?’, ‘what if I introduced agile working?’, ‘what if people didn’t need to travel to meetings?’... Dinah McLeod, head of sustainability practice, BT Global Services, said: “Large organisations have many activities that can directly or indirectly cause the emissions of carbon. BT can credibly and demonstrably help a customer understand the role networked IT services plays in both producing and reducing carbon footprint. Importantly, when looking at clients’ carbon emissions, we explore both the required behaviour change as well as any adjustments to their infrastructure. Many of our customers have yet to mobilise significantly in this area and can benefit from BT’s learning and capabilities to help them in their development of more sustainable business solutions.” BT is recognised as a business leader in the area of CSR and sustainability. It has been recognised as the world number one telco in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the seventh consecutive year and has achieved a 60 per cent reduction of its UK carbon emissions from a 1996 baseline . The company has set a further target to reduce emissions by 80 per cent from the 1996 baseline by 2016. BT’s Group-wide Climate Change strategy has four key strands: reducing carbon emissions, influencing suppliers, influencing customers and engaging employees. ENDS About BT BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,484 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt

2007-09-16T18:00:00Z bt-to-acquire-ins-group-s-a

BT TO ACQUIRE INS GROUP S.A. BT announced today that it agreed to acquire INS Group S.A. (“INS”), a Belgium-based network and systems integrator. The acquisition will strengthen BT’s operations in the Benelux and enhance BT’s position in the global LAN and IP telephony services market. INS is headquartered in Brussels and employs over 225 professionals across Benelux, France, Germany, US, India and Australia. INS provides its clients with a range of IT services centered around corporate communication solutions. Services range from the design and implementation of complete data/voice/video infrastructures to the automated roll-out of user workstations and the management of the customer’s collaboration platforms. For the year to 31 December 2006 the company generated revenues of €27.9 million. François Barrault, CEO, BT Global Services, said: "Today’s announcement marks the next step in our strategy to grow our global capability and market coverage in key convergence technologies, and extends BT’s leadership position in the LAN and IP telephony services market. INS is valued by its customers and recognised by the industry as a supplier of world class solutions”. Dominic de la Peña, CEO, INS said: “BT's capabilities and experience in delivering networked IT services to corporations around the world are second to none. By contributing INS capabilities, we will be creating tremendous opportunities for our customers, employees and partners.” The proposed acquisition is contingent upon obtaining the necessary regulatory clearances. As at the last audited balance sheet on 31 December 2006, the gross assets of INS were €13.5 million. INS Group S.A. is entirely unrelated to Californian based International Network Services Inc. (“INS”), a leading global provider of IT consulting and software solutions which was acquired by BT earlier in 2007. ENDS About BT BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,484 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt About INS For more information visit, www.inseurop.com/

2007-09-16T18:00:00Z bt-agrees-three-year-title-sponsorship

BT AGREES THREE-YEAR TITLE SPONSORSHIP FOR ‘BT TEAM ELLEN’ Ellen MacArthur becomes BT’s Global Ambassador for a Better World BT today announced a three-year global agreement with the Offshore Challenges Sailing Team to become title sponsor of ‘BT Team Ellen’ – a new sailing team headed up by legendary sailor, Ellen MacArthur. The agreement includes the lead sponsorship of two boats in addition to Ellen becoming an ambassador for BT’s worldwide corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. This new partnership is designed not just to win races, but also to raise awareness of how enhanced communications and technology can help create a better world. ‘BT Team Ellen’ will bring together the world-class sailors Ellen MacArthur (GBR), Sébastien Josse (FRA) and Nick Moloney (AUS) alongside other sailing talent that is dedicated to success on the water. These sailors will race a BT-sponsored boat in the IMOCA World Ocean Racing Championship 2008/10 including Sébastien Josse’s challenge for the solo 2008 Vendée Globe, and an Extreme 40 in the European Sailing Series 2007/08. Ellen MacArthur said: “I am really looking forward to leading the way with ‘BT Team Ellen’. First and foremost I’m a sailor, and have a clear goal for our sailing team to be successful on the water as well as to grow the team of sailors and help younger talent emerge. There’s only one way to win top tier racing events and that’s to work with the best the world has to offer, so it’s fantastic to have BT on board.” “This new partnership with BT perfectly complements my own personal, and the team’s objectives for the future. I also know how valuable IT and communications can be as a means to achieving your goals. By working as an ambassador for BT’s CSR projects, we’ll be able to draw much more attention to those issues that effect people across the globe.” Francois Barrault, CEO, BT Global Services said: “It’s wonderful to be taking our long-term relationship with Ellen that first began 10 years ago to the next level. Our mutual determination to win is matched by our shared desire to act responsibly towards the environments and societies in which we work. “Sustainable development is one of the greatest challenges – and opportunities – for business in the 21st century. We believe that BT can make an important contribution by inspiring people and communities to make a better world through the power of communication skills and technology. ” “In addition to our investment in the communities where we operate, we are working to create new products and services that will help our customers do business in a responsible way and become more sustainable. Through this new partnership with Ellen, we hope that we can make an even bigger difference for a better world.” BT will be collaborating with Cisco on ‘BT Team Ellen’, underlining both companies’ commitment to sustainable development. Thierry Drilhon, Managing Director Cisco France and Vice President Cisco Europe, said: “Communications technology can fundamentally transform the way we live and work, enabling organisations to grow for today, without jeopardising the ability of future generations to do the same. Through supporting ‘BT Team Ellen’ and other joint initiatives, we are delighted to bring this shared vision of business sustainability to life.” Ends Notes for editors About BT BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,484 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt. About Ellen MacArthur Ellen MacArthur hit the headlines in 2001 after single-handedly sailing around the world in the Vendée Globe race. At 18, she sailed single-handed round Britain and won the BT/YJA Young Sailor of the Year award for being the youngest person to pass her Yachtsmasters Offshore Qualification. In 1997, Ellen undertook the Mini Transat solo race from Brest in France to Martinique in the French Caribbean. With little money she went to France, bought a 21ft yacht, learned French and refitted the boat on site. She then sailed 2,700 miles across the Atlantic, completing in 33 days. This led to her first major sponsorship from Kingfisher plc when she raced a 50ft boat in the 1998 Route du Rhum transatlantic race. Ellen won in her class and finishing fifth overall in the monohulls. Before becoming a household name in Britain, Ellen became a heroine in France, where she has been named 'La Jeune Espoire de la Voile' or ‘sailing's young hope’! She was awarded a DBE at Buckingham Palace by the Queen in 2005. Ellen holds five WSSRC (World Sailing Speed Racing Council) ratified speed records including the solo round the world record in a time of 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds set in 2005 onboard a 75ft trimaran. Ellen established the Ellen MacArthur Trust in 2003 that takes young people sailing to help them regain their confidence, on their way to recovery from cancer, leukemia and other serious illness. For more information, visit www.teamellen.com www.ellenmacarthur.com www.ellenmacarthurtrust.org About Cisco Cisco, (NASDAQ: CSCO), is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com.

2007-09-16T18:00:00Z bt-expands-on-indian-subcontinent-1

BT EXPANDS ON INDIAN SUBCONTINENT BT leads market for Indian enterprise communications New Delhi, September 11, 2007 –BT today announced the increase of connecting points (nodes) for its multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) infrastructure, which is the basis for high quality video and voice services over the internet, bringing the number to 14 in India. Six cities including New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune will have multiple nodes plus an additional one in Kolkatta, making BT the global network IT service provider with the highest number of connecting points in India. BT’s network capabilities will be further extended with Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka receiving independent nodes by the end of April 2008. Special equipped nodes in Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai will help BT’s media and broadcast customers in India to deliver their content to a global audience and be more cost effective. It also allows them to distribute and edit content across regions, which in return provides more effective disaster recovery and continuity planning. BT India has witnessed unprecedented growth and customer demand over the last three years seeing growth in bandwidth of over seven times and nodes by five times. Allen Ma, president, BT Asia Pacific, said “We are being recognised by the industry and our customers as a truly global software-driven services organisation. This is due to our concerted efforts of getting closer to our customer which enables greater collaboration. With our increased presence in India we are gearing up to gain access to tier two and three cities.” “Our greatest challenge in India is to ensure that our services and operations exceed customer needs and satisfaction at all times. Our plans for India are well on track and we are poised to reach our USD 250 million target by 2009,” he further added. The investment in new nodes demonstrates BT's commitment to its multi-national customer base. These customers are demanding a globally consistent set of services with high levels of security, redundancy, cost-efficiency and reliability. The expansion of BT’s MPLS network in India enables more companies to maximize their benefits from BT’s global networked IT capability in the areas of convergence, CRM and security around the globe. Arun Seth, chairman & managing Director of BT India, said, “With leadership position in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector firmly established, BT is now extending its horizon to Indian multinationals going global with specific focus on Banking, Financial services, Media, Broadcast, Pharmaceuticals, IT and Hospitality sectors. The challenge for BT in India is to stay ahead of the game. With our licenses we can now provide local billing and service management for multi site corporate customers in Asia Pacific from our Customer Network Management Centre (CNOC) in Pune.” ENDS Note to Editors: BT's global 21CN is expanding quickly, adding a new city around the world every week. BT believes its next-generation network to be the broadest, richest and most resilient in the world, enabling companies and organisations to instantly trade across the globe with high speed and great resilience. In the past three years, BT in Asia Pacific has invested more than US$100 million in expanding its regional network. In February 2006, BT announced a US$21 million investment in a global IP-based voice platform which will see the current legacy TDM network replaced by an MPLS-based network across over 30 countries worldwide. A significant portion of this is planned to be invested in India. About BT India BT's India operations are run through various companies part of the BT Group plc, a leading provider of communications solutions and services. BT Telecom India Pvt Ltd was established pursuant to a joint venture agreement with Jubilant Enpro Pvt. Ltd., in December, 2006. In February 2007, BT was granted International Long Distance and National Long Distance license by the Government of India. These licenses place BT as one of the largest service providers in the country, focusing on delivering global services including voice, CRM, ATM (asynchronous transfer mode communications), FR (Frame Relay) and MPLS (multi-protocol label switching). These services support the needs and requirements of our multi-site corporate customers and Indian customers looking to take their operations to a global audience. In June 2007, BT completed the acquisition of BT Global Communications India Private Limited (formerly i2i Enterprise Pvt Ltd), an enterprise services company specializing in internet protocol (IP) communications services for major Indian and global multinational companies. BT India is headquartered in New Delhi and has a network presence in eight key business locations across India including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Noida, Gurgaon, Pune, Chennai and Kolkata. BT currently employs 20,000 people - directly and indirectly, in India. About BT BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,484 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt

2007-09-09T18:00:00Z bt-supports-zte-s-global-expansion-and-service-enhancement

BT Supports ZTE’s Global Expansion and Service Enhancement ZTE signs MPLS and CCS Service Agreement with BT BT announced today that it has signed an agreement with ZTE Corporation (ZTE), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions based in Shenzhen, China, to provide Contact Centre Services (CCS) and Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) connection service through our local partner to support ZTE’s worldwide business expansion and service enhancement. According to the agreement, BT will provide MPLS connection service to ZTE at sites in the Asia Pacific region and South America, including ZTE’s Global Data Centre in Hong Kong. ZTE’s Global Customer Support Centre (ZTE GCSC) will also have the support of BT Contact Centre Services. “With the support of BT, we are confident in delivering better services to our customers around the world and achieve win-win for years to come for both companies,” said Mr Xu Huijun, Vice President of ZTE. “BT has made considerable investment in the construction of the 21st Century Network which promises faster, better and more new services to customers. BT’s successful transformation into a networked IT service company also means its capability to bring customers comprehensive integrated communications solutions. All these attributes make BT our ideal partner.” BT has begun providing CCS service to ZTE in mid-August and provision of MPLS through our local partner will begin at the end of September. In the first phase, BT will assist ZTE in collecting calls from customers in the Philippines, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Romania, transferring them to the ZTE GCSC. This solution will be expanded to encompass more countries around the world. “This contract clearly demonstrates the faith that global companies like ZTE put in BTs leading product offering” said Allen Ma, President, Asia Pacific, BT Global Services. “We will continue to strengthen our offer in the China market, optimising our products and service systems to better serve leading Chinese enterprises as they continue their expansion worldwide.” Armed with a strong portfolio comprising wireline, wireless, terminal products and business service, ZTE has grown very rapidly in recent years and become a major supplier in the Chinese telecom market. It currently supplies products and services to more than 500 telecom operators in over 120 countries in the world. Fast business development and growing global demand has brought opportunities as well as challenges to ZTE. With the support of BT, ZTE will be able to leverage BT’s far-reaching and resilient global network and excellent service capability to help it grow its business worldwide. <Ends> About ZTE ZTE is one of the leading global providers of telecommunications equipment and network solutions. The ZTE product range is among the most complete in the world - covering virtually every sector of the wireline, wireless and handset markets. The company delivers innovative, custom-made products and services to customers in more than 100 countries, helping them to achieve continued revenue growth. ZTE commits around 10% of annual turnover to research and development and takes a leading role in a wide range of international bodies developing emerging telecoms standards. It is one of the fastest growing telecoms equipment company in the world, and is China’s only listed telecoms manufacturer, with shares publicly traded on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. ZTE was the only Chinese IT and telecoms manufacturer listed in BusinessWeek 2005’s Information Technology 100 and was included in its 2006 ranking of China’s Top 20 brands. For more information, please visit www.zte.com.cn. About BT BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,484 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt

2007-09-06T18:00:00Z bt-boosts-presence-in-china

BT BOOSTS PRESENCE IN CHINA New Service and R&D Centres to support regional and global customers BT announced today at the “New Champions – World Economic Forum,”[1] the launch of a Technology and Service Centre based in Dalian and a Research & Development Centre based in Shanghai. Ben Verwaayen, CEO of BT Group, Francois Barrault, CEO of BT Global Services and Bill Lam, Vice President for North-East Asia announced both centres as a further demonstration of the importance of the Chinese market to BT. BT’s Dalian Technology and Service Centre will provide software development as well as service delivery and a variety of support services. China has a rich pool of software professionals, particularly in areas including software development, integration of software and hardware functionalities and the development of OSS/BSS (Operational and Business Support Systems). The Dalian Centre will allow BT to tap this pool of local software professionals in order to accelerate integration testing and cut the product enhancement lifecycle in a cost efficient way. In addition, many BT customers are using local resources who do not necessarily speak English as their primary language. As a result, help desk support in the local language is a key requirement. In addition to the Dalian Centre, BT's R&D Centre in Shanghai will also work closely with the BT China teams to assist customers and partners in China in harnessing technological innovations and taking on challenges. It will also share technology and service breakthroughs garnered from BT’s global experience from Chinese customers, suppliers and partners. The new Shanghai Centre will engage in research and development across a broad spectrum of technology areas, from defining new product and service concepts through to development of product prototypes. Ben Verwaayen, CEO of BT Group said, “China is now a heavyweight in the global economy and many new and dynamic Chinese enterprises are looking for a partner that can consistently provide world class ICT services to assist their growth into international markets. BT is ideally placed to be that partner. In parallel, with more than 400 million rising consumers and the Olympics 2008 around the corner, many global customers are keen to take advantage of China as a key growth market. Those customers want a trusted provider that can support their business critical applications running on top of the network, while bringing a full set of security and performance commitments to their operations. The setting up of the Dalian Technology and Service Centre and the R&D Centre in Shanghai will help us guarantee that Chinese and global customers in China receive the same high quality of service we provide in the rest of the world." China is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing markets in the world and BT is moving quickly to establish centres that will assist and participate in that growth. According to Gartner, the value of all trade into and out of China has jumped from $510 billion in 2001 to $1.4 trillion in 2005. By 2010, it is expected to reach $2.7 trillion. [2] IDC's Worldwide Black Book forecasts that China's IT market will reach US$45.95 billion in 2007, up 16% over 2006. China's IT market was the second largest in Asia in 2006, trailing only Japan. Through cooperation with local partners, BT currently serves networked IT services in China to some of the main global corporations and serves the global needs of an increasing number of Chinese enterprises. BT has previously announced a target to more than double its Chinese revenues by 2008-2009. <Ends> Notes to editors: About BT's Dalian Technology and Service Centre The Dalian Technology and Service Centre has two major objectives. The first is to take advantage of the large supply of talented software engineers to provide software development service for BT, with emphasis on open source software development, hardware/software integration, and enterprise applications. The second is to provide customer and project support for BT's customers in Asia. At a time when BT continues to grow its business in the Asia Pacific region, demand for communications solutions among customers also grows, particularly in the north eastern parts of the region. Apart from having an abundant supply of software talent, Dalian is also one of the few Chinese cities offering strong multi-lingual education in Chinese, Korean, Japanese and English. The centre will be able to effectively render services to customers in Greater China, Korea, Japan and the north eastern Asia Pacific region. It will quickly boost BT’s customer service capability in the region.. BT has so far recruited around 60 employees for its Dalian Technology and Service Centre and more are expected to join as the business develops in the coming months. About BT's Shanghai Research &Development Centre At present, BT has an R&D centre in the UK and a research centre in Malaysia. The Shanghai research centre will be instrumental in boosting its innovation network in Asia and focusing more closely with customers in that region. Researchers based at the centre will undertake activities from initial idea and concept generation work through to the development of prototypes for new products and services across a broad spectrum of technology areas. BT also works with the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), taking the best-performing graduates into BT's research team based at Adastral Park near Ipswich (UK) for one or two years to work on joint BT/BUPT projects. BT is also collaborating with Huawei on network technology research. The BT R&D Centre in Shanghai will have around 17 developers and research scientists by the end of the year. About BT BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,484 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt [1] The New Champions – World Economic Forum, is also known as “The Summer Davos 2007, China”. The World Economic Forum’s “Summer Davos” takes place on 6-8 September in the Chinese city of Dalian. This new initiative of the Forum stems from discussions in Davos about the power shifts taking place that are transforming the business world. The meeting will establish an international community of the top 500 emerging global growth companies who are in part responsible for this shift in power. More information on http://www.weforum.org. 2 Gartner, Inc., "Dataquest Insight: What C&SI Providers Need to Know About Doing Business in China" published on 3 August 2007 by Tina T. Tang and Rolf Jester

2007-07-02T18:00:00Z unisys-signs-multi-year-managed-network-services-agreement-with-bt

EL SEGUNDO (July 3, 2007) - BT announced today that BT has entered into a global managed services agreement with Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS), one of the world’s largest IT services and solutions companies. The agreement is for a six-year term following a transition period. Under the agreement, BT will deliver network monitoring and management services in outsourcing engagements for Unisys clients worldwide. Under the terms of the contract, BT will implement a standardized set of global network monitoring and management processes across Unisys outsourcing operations and will take on the remote management of LAN and WAN devices for most of Unisys client contracts. Unisys expects to drive improved scalability and operational efficiency as a result. Michael Boustridge, President, BT USA and Canada, said, “We’re extremely pleased Unisys has entrusted us with the transformation of their network management operations. Network-centric outsourcing is core to BT’s business, and we look forward to delivering to Unisys improved operational effectiveness at a reduced cost.” “Unisys believes that BT is the right partner to help us strengthen the network services side of our IT outsourcing portfolio and drive efficiencies in service delivery,” said Don Liedtke, vice president, Global IT Outsourcing Operations, Unisys. “BT’s strong network services offerings provide new ways for Unisys to drive innovation that can help to further our clients’ strategic business objectives.” About BT BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,484 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt For further information, please contact: Unisys is a worldwide technology services and solutions company. Our consultants apply Unisys expertise in consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, and server technology to help our clients achieve secure business operations. We build more secure organizations by creating visibility into clients’ business operations. Leveraging the Unisys 3D Visible Enterprise approach, we make visible the impact of their decisions – ahead of investments, opportunities and risks. For more information, visit www.unisys.com. Weber Shandwick in Sydney for BT Kristen Atkinson Allison Hayward 61 2 9994 4055 61 2 9994 4881 katkinson@webershandwick.com ahayward@webershandwick.com About Unisys UNISYS SIGNS MULTI-YEAR MANAGED NETWORK SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BT BT to deliver key support services for Unisys global network operations centres

2007-06-27T18:00:00Z bt-appoints-ganesh-vanapalli-as-chief-security-officer-for-asia-pacific-1

Ganesh will join a global team of security specialists focused on the internal protection of BT’s corporate infrastructure, with Ganesh's attention specifically on the BT’s assets in the region. His appointment comes in the wake on BT’s commitment to the region and its sharp focus on supporting the regional strategy and being part of the strong growth trajectory that Asia is currently riding high on. India is an important geography and BT is committed to the exponential growth story and is armed with substantial expansion plans. Ganesh will work closely with BT’s regional customer services BCS&G practice (Business Continuity, Security and Governance) headed by General Manager Richard Moss. This will ensure the continued linkage and knowledge transfer with both the internal and external facing parties of BT’s security community. Ganesh comes to BT from IBM Global Services where he was responsible for delivering state of the art turn-key solutions in managing and securing critical information and infrastructure in telecom and government sectors. He brings with him over 27 years of experience in the fields of Information Security and IT. Ganesh has held several key assignments in IT and Information Security domains at various levels before serving as Director (IT and Information Security) in the rank of Captain in the Indian Navy in 2002-4. Allen Ma, President, BT Asia Pacific, said: “Ganesh’s presence will be an added impetus to our efforts to enhance security across BT’s operations and infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region. This will ensure business continuity, resilience, compliance and customer security”. Ganesh’s appointment reiterates BT’s commitment to Security, which is high on BT’s strategy. BT believes security is not just about technology, it's also about people, legal compliance, resilience and continuity. Allen further adds: “BT has bet big on security and as we move ahead to be the experts it’s important to ensure we walk the talk. Today, most of our customers enquire about how secure they are with BT, with a CSO on board we will be able to magnify our focus on security. ” Upbeat about his appointment Ganesh Vannapalli says: “Security is the new buzz word in emerging as well as the developed market in the Asia Pacific region and it’s a huge challenge to educate and raise awareness about the importance towards thwarting risks. In BT’s quest to creating a secure digital networked economy lies our responsibility and opportunity.” In October 2006, BT acquired Counterpane Internet Security Inc. (“Counterpane”), a leading provider of managed networked security services, as part of its strategy to expand and develop its global professional services capabilities. Ever since, BT is keen on leveraging its acquisition of Counterpane Internet Security Inc in order to provide a full range of security services. Businesses are increasingly conducted on a collaborative level, made possible by internet-based technology. In this environment the ability to guarantee the integrity and confidentiality of shared data is essential. Security can therefore add value to a company’s corporate reputation and enhance partner and customer confidence. It makes companies more attractive to potential partners, particularly where responsibility for security and business continuity cascades down the supply chain. Finally, adequate security measures ensure that an organisation stays on the right side of numerous pieces of legislation as well as industry specific regulations. Note to editors: In February 2007, BT was granted international long distance and national long distance licenses by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. These licenses enable BT Telecom India Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture company formed with Jubilant Enpro Pvt Ltd in November 2006, to offer services for the first time directly to multi-site corporate customers in India. In February 2007, BT signed an agreement for the acquisition of i2i Enterprise Pvt Ltd, a Mumbai-based enterprise services company specialising in internet protocol (IP) communications services for major Indian and global multinational companies. i2i has a significant customer base in the IT, ITES and BFSI segments and has network operating centers and offices in all major commercial cities in India. India is one of the key markets for BT and the company had announced strong growth plans for its Indian operations in September 2006, predicting that its revenues from India will be US$250 million by 2009. BT is looking to increase its Indian employee strength by hiring an additional 6,000 people within the next two years and plans to add additional resources to support its already substantial capabilities in outsourcing and systems integration services. About BT BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,484 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt For further information, please contact: Weber Shandwick in Sydney for BT Kristen Atkinson / Allison Hayward Tel: +61 2 9994 4055 / +61 2 9994 4881 Email: katkinson@webershandwick.com / ahayward@webershandwick.com

2007-06-25T18:00:00Z western-business-underestimates-emerging-countries-capabilities

Even though a clear majority (61 per cent) of respondents admit it is “crucial” their business is able to work with the economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – the so-called ‘BRICS’ nations – to succeed in the long term, many of them demonstrate worrying ignorance of the realities of those countries: almost nine out of ten directors (88 per cent) could not name the currency of Brazil and 14 per cent believe that vodka is the main product of Russia, for example. BT commissioned Datamonitor to undertake the study of 800 senior executives in the US, UK, France and Germany for its study, “Building Business With BRICS.” The study discovered that more than seven out of ten (72 per cent) Western directors believe that organisations in the ‘developed’ world are better equipped technologically to work internationally than those in BRICS. Francois Barrault, CEO, BT Global Services, said: “This is a troubling finding. The message hasn’t filtered through yet that these nations are already equipped to make an impact on the global stage. They have shown remarkable agility and speed at adopting new collaborative tools and technologies – quicker, in many cases, than in the US or Europe. Western organisations need to increase collaboration in and with BRICS businesses or risk being left behind. Western executives have the systems in place to work with BRICS. In terms of the technology that enables collaboration between organisations and countries, there is an effective global network in place. But Western businesses need to do more to fully engage with BRICS countries. Successful collaboration between organisations in the West and those in BRICS will be a sign that globalisation has come of age. ” According to the study, four in five (80 per cent) of directors realise that the necessary information and communication technology is readily available to allow their businesses to work effectively with those in BRICS. Despite this, the study found that directors perceive data security to be the main barrier to effective collaboration with international businesses, followed by different legislation and/or regulations and political interference. The full report, “Building Business With BRICS”, can be downloaded from www.bt.com. Other findings include: 35 per cent of directors do not know the currency of Russia, 55 per cent do not know the currency of India and 65 per cent do not know the currency of South Africa; India is perceived as the most comfortable BRICS economy in which to do business, significantly more than China, which was rated second (30 per cent to 23 per cent); Russia is perceived as the least comfortable BRICS economy in which to do business (24 per cent); Businesses in the manufacturing industry are the most active in the BRICS economies; 82 per cent of respondents said that their company was already working with other businesses within BRICS; 51 per cent of companies within the financial and professional services sectors are active in the regions. The BRICS economies are an opportunity for these companies to apply their specialised knowledge to a rapidly developing economic model; Few government & non-profit and education & healthcare companies are active; such companies are generally prohibited in their expansion overseas, and; Companies with revenues in excess of $1 billion are currently the most active within the BRICS economies. The increasing trend towards globalisation has a wider effect on such firms who must look to developing economies to enhance sales, diversify their geographical portfolios and minimise costs through low-cost labour and energy Aout the research BT commissioned Datamonitor to undertake the study of 800 senior executives in companies from a range of sectors, with turnovers from $10 million to over $1 billion, in the US, UK, France and Germany for its study. The full report, “Building Business With BRICS,” can be downloaded from . www.bt.com About BT BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,484 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt For further information, please contact: Weber Shandwick in Sydney for BT Kristen Atkinson / Allison Hayward Tel: +61 2 9994 4055 / +61 2 9994 4881 E-mail: katkinson@webershandwick.com / ahayward@webershandwick.com

2007-06-24T18:00:00Z bt-to-support-ndtv-s-global-expansion-with-media-ip-network-deal

Mr Deepakjit Singh Chatrath, General Manager, Client Management Asia Pacific and EMEA, BT, said, “We are indeed excited about fuelling a certain part of NDTV’s global growth plans. This is indeed an excellent opportunity for BT to showcase its network especially in terms of resiliency, security and a round the clock global service. We are confident of building this relationship as a benchmark for today’s broadcast industry.” BT presently down links the signal at UK from the PAS 10 satellite, and then carries it over its Media – IP network to BskyB’s platform in UK. This also includes bringing the signal to the BT Tower and making it fit for the U.S. viewer and then transporting the signal to the Direct TV platform in Los Angeles for it to be broadcasted over the Direct TV’s US platform. BT also takes care of repurposing the formats and other services for the US market. In terms of implementation, BT already has implemented the carriage of signal to BskyB platform and to Direct TV is planned for launch by end July. Rahul Deshpande, CTO, NDTV, said, “For today’s broadcasters the big business goal is globalisation. We have chosen BT as it offers a suite of services such as world class security, end to end network monitoring and water-tight service agreements that have been built into BT’s IP network”. BT’s Media & Broadcast Media-IP network is the only IP network which can connect the customer to multiple platforms across many countries without getting out of the network. NDTV has the highest TRP, week after week, for the English news broadcast in India. Arguably the viewership of NDTV in the Indian community is higher any other news broadcaster. BT’s foray to the Media and Broadcast sector has been extremely enriching and predicts strong fortunes in the Asia Pacific (APAC) markets. With this in mind BT has rolled out its Media-IP network in five cities in APAC connecting them to multiple platforms in US and Europe. About NDTV For Indians viewer, NDTV is synonymous with fair, fast and accurate reporting. It breaks ground, others follow. At home, NDTV 24X7 is the market leader, with an unrivalled reputation for excellence. But it also broadcasts across the world. It's the channel of choice for Indians and others who want unbiased and comprehensive news of what's going in the country which has arrived on the global map. NDTV India, the company's 24-hour Hindi news channel, is respected for its integrity and commitment to real journalism. The Hindi television market has many channels which have turned to tabloid journalism in their race for ratings. NDTV India continues to throw its weight behind real issues and real news. NDTV Profit, a 24-hour business channel, has quickly established new standards for simple, clear and transparent reporting on the world of business. From the stock market to business headlines to investor advice, this is a winning product. The Business World 2007, survey, has recognized NDTV as India’s most respected Media Company. NDTV has also received plenty of professional recognition. NDTV produced Star News is the first Indian channel to win an Emmy Award for its work. It’s channel, NDTV 24x7 has also been named the Best Cable and Satellite Channel in Asia. About BT BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,484 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For further information, please contact: Weber Shandwick in Sydney for BT Kristen Atkinson / Allison Hayward Tel: +61 2 9994 4055 / + 61 2 9994 4481 Email: katkinson@webershandwick.com / ahayward@webershandwick.com

2007-06-18T18:00:00Z cisco-certifies-bt-infrastructure-for-telepresence-2

In achieving Cisco TelePresence Connection certification, BT offers businesses further confidence that its network connection services provide the optimal communications experience required to support TelePresence and other collaborative applications. The certification gives further assurance that BT’s network maintains its level of quality, conforms to industry and regulatory standards, and meets or exceeds enterprise requirements for operational excellence. The certification process goes beyond static service measurement of network performance. It adds best practices based on current industry standards for network management, including staff, processes, and tools, all of which are audited annually to address BT’s commitment to an optimal TelePresence experience. “Cisco TelePresence provides an unprecedented ‘in-person’ meeting experience that enables customers to improve business efficiency and gives them the potential to transform their businesses,” said Charles Stucki, vice president and general manager of the Cisco TelePresence Systems group. “In order to maintain an extremely high-quality experience while conducting Cisco TelePresence meetings, Cisco set up a tough accreditation process. We are pleased that BT has achieved this level of quality.” The Cisco TelePresence solution is a ground-breaking technology that creates live "face-to-face" meeting experiences using high-definition video and spatial audio over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. It is specifically designed to replicate the immersive experience of real- life meetings, and adopts new unified communications services to help users collaborate more effectively, cut costs and boost productivity. “Customers need reliability to deliver innovative and collaborative customer solutions,” said David Stark, VP Global Converged Propositions at BT. “Our infrastructure supports advanced unified communications solutions, like Cisco’s TelePresence, that deliver quantifiable business benefits.” About BT BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services, local, national and international telecommunications services, and higher-value broadband and internet products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,495 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt For further information, please contact: Weber Shandwick in Sydney for BT Kristen Atkinson / Allison Hayward Tel: +61 2 9994 4055 / +61 2 9994 481 E-mail: katkinson@webershandwick.com / ahayward@webershandwick.com

2007-06-17T18:00:00Z bt-completes-i2i-acquisition-1

BT today announced the completion of its acquisition of i2i Enterprise Pvt Ltd after obtaining all necessary governmental and regulatory approvals. i2i is a Mumbai-based enterprise services company specialising in internet protocol (IP) communications services for major Indian and global multinational companies. On 6th February this year, BT announced the planned acquisition through its entity BT Telecom India Pvt Ltd, BT’s joint venture company with Jubilant Enpro Pvt Ltd., making BT a leading global carrier in the India market. François Barrault, CEO, BT Global Services, said: “We are happy to have achieved all the government and regulatory approvals. The completion of this process provides impetus to our expansion plans and underscores BT’s commitment to India which is today the world's fastest growing IT and business process outsourcing market.” Allen Ma, President, BT Asia Pacific, added,” The combination of BT and i2i establishes a broad-based platform for growth in India. The complementary assets and expertise of the team provides a strong manifesto for growth and success", i2i is one of the most comprehensive and innovative providers of enterprise telecoms services in the Indian market today, and is the distributor of BT Infonet's managed network services and products nationwide. As part of BT Global Services, this acquisition will strengthen BT’s role as a strong local partner, who offers all the benefits of a global organisation to help customers get the best from globalisation. Note to editors: In February 2007, BT was granted international long distance and national long distance license by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. These licenses enable BT Telecom India Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture company formed with Jubilant Enpro Pvt Ltd in November 2006, to offer services for the first time directly to multi-site corporate customers in India. In February 2007, BT signed an agreement for the acquisition of i2i Enterprise Pvt Ltd, a Mumbai-based enterprise services company specialising in internet protocol (IP) communications services for major Indian and global multinational companies. i2i has a significant customer base in the IT, ITES and BFSI segments and has network operating centers and offices in all major commercial cities in India. . India is one of the key markets for BT and the company had announced strong growth plans for its Indian operations in September 2006, predicting that its revenues from India will be US$250 million by 2009. BT is looking to increase its Indian employee strength by hiring an additional 6,000 people within the next two years and plans to add additional resources to support its already substantial capabilities in outsourcing and systems integration services. About BT Telecom India Pvt Ltd BT Telecom India Pvt. Ltd. is a subsidiary of BT Group plc, a global leader in networked IT services. BT Telecom India Pvt Ltd was established pursuant to a joint venture agreement with Jubilant Enpro Pvt. Ltd., a New Delhi-based company engaged in the businesses of oil and gas, food and services. Under the joint venture agreement, BT holds a 74 per cent interest, for which it contributed approximately £800,000 (US$1.6 million) in cash while Jubilant Enpro holds 26 per cent. Jubilant Enpro is a member company of Jubilant Group, a business group having diverse business interests with Jubilant Organosys as the flagship company and which is a public limited company listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in India. About BT BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,484 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.

2007-06-06T18:00:00Z bt-hp-expand-alliance-with-enhanced-offerings-to-help-customers-transform-it-environments-1

The strengthened alliance positions the two companies as preferred partners in the management of outsourced IT and network services and builds on a successful three-year go-to-market model that has attracted more than $1.5 billion in contract revenue since 2004 and more than 25 customers, including FirstGroup, Aker Kvaerner and Anglo-American. Customers increasingly require additional capabilities from both companies to help transform their IT environments, drive innovation across their operations and improve business effectiveness and efficiency. The companies’ chief executive officers, Mark Hurd of HP and Ben Verwaayen of BT, discussed these opportunities yesterday with an audience of more than 100 global chief information officers and corporate customers in Budapest and Valencia, on the third anniversary of the alliance. The joint capabilities offered by the BT HP Alliance are designed to improve the overall customer experience and help customers achieve better business outcomes. The enhanced offerings are based on the ITIL-based integrated services architecture that has been developed by the alliance and enables customers to reduce risk and shorten the time to implement changes in their IT environments. These offerings will help customers provision global converged network and IT solutions, from the desktop to the data center. As part of a multi-year agreement, HP will provide BT with the IT infrastructure components of servers, storage, software and services to accelerate and expand BT’s service transformation. HP also will help BT transform its IT infrastructure into a service-oriented architecture to support new customer business models. In parallel, BT becomes a key enabler of HP’s own global IT transformation project, which is focused on improving service and reducing costs, by providing and managing high-performance connectivity between HP’s consolidated U.S. data centers and 143 sites in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. “Our customers have benefited from the BT HP Alliance over the past three years and we are committed to further strengthening our offerings to provide them with enhanced global solutions for their networked IT needs,” said Hurd. “We will continue to work closely with BT to ensure that our alliance delivers truly integrated services that result in better business outcomes for our customers.” Verwaayen said: “Customers will benefit from the unique approach taken by our two companies in improving service and operational efficiencies. The way we are working together will ensure our customers’ demands for collaborative IT and networked services are met. Our alliance is designed to bring the value-added services offering that our customers want.” About the BT HP Alliance The BT HP Alliance brings together the world-class capabilities of HP and BT to provide a full IT and telecommunications service capability in a single service offering. Developing and delivering integrated, seamless solutions for customers, the alliance presents a single point of contact to enterprises for end-to-end service delivery. This provides improved service, increased flexibility and reduced risk for the enterprise. About BT BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services, local, national and international telecommunications services, and higher-value broadband and internet products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,495 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt. About HP HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers – from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world’s largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $97.1 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2007. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com. Note to editors: More news from HP, including links to RSS feeds, is available at www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/. This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If such risks or uncertainties materialize or such assumptions prove incorrect, the results of HP and its consolidated subsidiaries could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements concerning expected development, performance or market share relating to products and services; anticipated operational and financial results; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the achievement of expected results and other risks that are described from time to time in HP’s Securities and Exchange Commission reports, including but not limited to the risks described in HP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended Jan. 31, 2007. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements. For further information, please contact: Weber Shandwick in Sydney for BT Kristen Atkinson / Allison Hayward Tel: +61 2 9994 4055 / +61 2 9994 4881 Email: katkinson@webershandwick.com / ahayward@webershandwick.com