Mobileshop Articles in the Bt Category
O2 iPhone users to use Wi-Fi at Starbucks
Posted: 21 April 2009
A new development will enable users of the O2Apple iPhone to access the internet via Wi-Fi at Starbucks coffeehouses.
BT has announced it will supply this connectivity to 650 of the group's stores throughout the UK and Ireland.
According to the chief executive officer of BT Openzone Chris Bruce, Starbucks is an ideal location to do some work or catch up with emails - so accessing the internet while enjoying a beverage is a potentially popular activity.
"Use of our Wi-Fi doubled last year and coffee shops are increasingly popular as a third place to work or log on to the internet," he added.
Some of the iPhone applications could be useful for consumers who can connect ...
BT mobile broadband is "added value"
Posted: 14 November 2008
BT's Business Total Broadband Option 2 and 3 are flexible services that could be attractive to people who work at home or on the move.
Option 2 offers unlimited downloads on a fixed line for £26.77 per month and the company is now also providing its E170 broadband USB stick for free.
This datastick comes with preloaded software to launch the connection and comes with a host of attractive temptations.
For example, it is free to customers who take out either Option 2 or 3 on a 24-month contract and comes with one gigabyte of data usage allowance, which lets users send and receive over 1,000 emails.
In addition, users get 2,000 BT Openzone Wi-fi minutes to use every month. ...
BT returns to mobile
Posted: 8 May 2008
British Telecom (BT) has launched a new mobile phone aimed at customers who favour the types of offering similar to that of Blackberry and iPhone.
The main feature of BT ToGo is that the device switches itself between internet WiFi zones and its rented Vodafone mobile network, depending on where the user is.
Users get unlimited internet access at home or within any of the 2,500 WiFi zones and 82,000 BT FON Wifi hotspots in the UK.
In addition, they get free mobile minutes and texts and a 10MB monthly download when using the BT mobile phone network.
John Petter, managing director of BT's consumer division, said: "Communications services are converging, and it is clear that ...
