All EE articles – Page 21
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Products & Services
Halo officially launched
New offering extends price premium top echelons of Consumer portfolio. BT Plus brand swapped out for Halo 1, while Halo 2 offers latest bells and whistles. Ultrafast Halo being pushed by BT at same price points as superfast offerings.
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Ofcom re-shapes 5G auction plans as MNOs share access
Ofcom confirmed its intention to offer up frequencies in the 700MHz and 3.6GHz–3.8GHz bands in spring 2020, but with a change in auction structure. BT bidding opportunity restricted by 37% cap on spectrum holding. Industry commitments on comprehensive rural coverage said to have enabled a regulatory re-think. Degree of ...
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BT takes a hit as Virgin Mobile swaps EE for Vodafone
Virgin Media to end MVNO agreement with BT Enterprise, as Vodafone UK swoops. Liberty Global CEO ominously described current £200m-a-year deal with BT as “big number”, but BT unwilling to accommodate new demands to maintain contract.
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EE tops RootMetrics’ 5G tests in Cardiff and Birmingham
EE outperforms Vodafone in early tests of 5G performance in the UK.
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BT and EE sign up to BritBox
BT has been named a BritBox partner, which will create products and services around the TV streaming service.
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EE brings 5G to 14 more UK cities
EE launches 5G services in cities across the UK, including Glasgow, Huddersfield, and Liverpool.
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Vodafone usurps EE with Virgin Media tie up
Another signal of Read stepping out from Colao’s shadow. 5G capacity boost appears to change Group thinking.
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Suppliers & SCM
Qualitest secures 5G and ESN testing role
ESN collaboration proving an opportunity to expand remit to 5G for software-testing company Qualitest.
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Avanti highlights relationship with BT Group in recent results presentation
Avanti discussed its relationship with BT Group, and promoted HYLAS 4 satellite in recent results presentation.
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EE extends same-day smartphone delivery service to other major UK cities
EE extended its same-day smartphone delivery and set-up service across more of London and to Birmingham and Manchester.
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BT Consumer People Moves, October 2019
Latest people movements include: Andrew Kirkpatrick, Matthew Price, Ben Spencer.
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EE runs choir engagement programme to boost employee morale and NPS
EE is running a choir engagement programme at its contact centre in Merthyr Tydfil, to help boost employee morale, reduce attrition and absence rates, and increase its Net Promoter Score (NPS) at the site.
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EE hits out at Vodafone UK’s “unlimited” data plans
Vodafone UK (VfUK) got an aggressive response from BT Group-owned EE to its “unlimited” 5G plans, launched in July 2019 (Vodafonewatch, #177).
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BT Group’s core infrastructure: when two become one
BT’s infrastructure engine room is also driving the direction of Group digital transformation with IT overhaul.
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BT Enterprise People Moves, August 2019
Management shake-up at BT Enterprise as two managing directors depart. Latest people movements include: Nick Hale, Andy Summerfield, Adhiraj Pal.
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BT Consumer People Moves, August 2019
Latest people movements include: Maria Armishaw, Sam Burrows, John Eccleston, Amy Farrer, Matt Gottschalk, Holly Logan, Kevin Macdonald, Chris Moseley, Khadija Oudrhiri, Will Popham, Ben Spencer, Abigail Vaughan.
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EE adds Spotify to its Music Data Pass
EE added Spotify access to its Music Data Pass, giving zero-rated access to paid users of the music-streaming service.
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Plusnet rated the most complained-about fixed broadband provider
Plusnet, BT Consumer’s alternative internet service provider (ISP) subsidiary, was rated as the most complained-about fixed broadband provider in Ofcom’s Telecoms and pay TV complaints update for the first quarter of 2019.
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EE reinstated sales of Huawei handset
EE reinstated sales of the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G handset.
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EE bows to unlimited pressure
New offerings show EE reversing course from early attempts to establish a 5G premium in the light of competitor pricing strategy.