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9 results found for '"Telephone companies"' in Keywords.
Chatines banned by BT (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
MP Terry Lewis interview on his victory after a three year battle to have telephone chatlines banned due to people being financially ruined. British Telecom has bowed to public and political pressure and...
Chatines banned by BT (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
British Telecom has announced chatline services will be suspended from noon on Monday pending a Monopolies and Mergers Commission inquiry. BT"s Colin Brown describes the reasons for closing the lines, and...
BT changes 01 code to 071/081 (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The London area telephone dialling code switch has passed without too many hiccups. British Telecom’s Bernard Shek(?) (project manager for the 071/081 number change from 01) speaks to Peter Plisner.
BT price rises follow record profits (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the announcement of BT price rises with telephone bills for the average household increasing by £2.20 or 4.9 percent a quarter from September. The rise follows company profits of 3.1 billion...
BT TV commercials (1991)
- Genre
- Advertisement
Three recordings of television commercials for British Telecom featuring actress Maureen Lipman as Beattie Bellman and Linal Haft as her son Melvyn. The advertisements promote the sale of shares in the...
Bryan Carlsberg on BT profits (1992)
- Genre
- Interview
Oftel Director-General, Bryan Carsberg discusses British Telecom’s financial position after the business announced profits of approximately 100 pounds a second. Carsberg, who has the power to refer BT to...
Ionica radiowave telecoms (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about Ionica, a radiowave telephone service provider, being granted a licence. On how it works without a fixed line; what this competition will mean to the consumer and BT; how other industries...
British Telecom price cuts (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with John Davies, Network Director of British Telecom. Davies discusses the new weekend rates, which are aimed at hitting back at rivals. He denies that the prices are the start of a major price...
David Dey on new phone company Energis (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
BT and Mercury have a new rival on the telecommunications scene as of today. New company, Energis, has pledged to undercut BT’s prices by as much as forty percent and is the first national phone system...