The UK's fibre future
It's no secret that the UK is moving to become Full Fibre to reach the demands of modern life and create a more connected, productive and competitive economy. Full Fibre will help to increa...
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Mobile coverage on the London underground
With EE mobile coverage, you can now continue to stream, call and text as you travel on the London Underground. Work is continuously ongoing to improve the coverage along the network with the plan ...
TNT Sports - The future name for BT Sport.
From July 2023, TNT Sports will replace BT Sport by the BT Group and Warner Bros Discovery joint venture. This new brand will be brought to life for the first time in July, before the start of the 2...
The switch-off begins!
The switch-off begins! As you may know, Openreach are planning to withdraw all copper products from exchanges across the UK by December 2025. Openreach have chosen the Salisbury and Mildenhall exch...
ChatGPT – what is it?
ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI that launched last November. It’s gone viral for its detailed and seemingly human respo...
Advantages of using bridge mode on BT Smart Hub 2
BT Smart Hub 2 is our most advanced hub which comes with a variety of useful features for your business. Let’s take a look at one of the main features Bridge mode and why this might help your business...
Basic authentication, what is it and why’s it changing?
With the recent changes Microsoft have made to their use of basic authentication, we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to look at what this means. What is it? Basic authentication is ...
VPN for business
A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, connects all the people in your business, regardless of their location. On a VPN, your remote workers can access all your office systems and applications. They’re se...
Business mobile phones explained
Gone are the days when business mobiles were only used for calls – and the occasional text. With software packages like Microsoft 365, users can have their work emails and documents at their fingertip...
Top tips for improving your broadband
Many things can affect your broadband speed, from the equipment you're using and it's location, to the physical network in your premises. Remember, data-hungry businesses need an appropriately fast co...
Wide Area Networks - What are they and which is best for my business?
A Wide Area Network (WAN) is a way of securely connecting multiple business locations, either locally using Point-to-Point Ethernet (P2P) technology, or nationally using VPN. What is a Wide Area Ne...
Cloud-based or on-premises phone systems – which is best?
There are two main types of phone system: on-premises systems, and cloud-based phone systems. Businesses choosing on-premises systems want the security of having the equipment on site. But these sys...
SIP trunking explained and how it can benefit your business
SIP trunking is a type of technology that lets you make calls over a data connection. Of course, there’s a lot of clever technology behind it but we’re not going into the technical detail here (SIP st...
Business phone numbers, get in the know
There are three types of business phone numbers you can choose to let your customers call you. Freefone numbers (0800 and 0808 prefixes) and low-cost numbers (03 prefixes) encourage customers to call ...
A guide to VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, is a great way for smaller businesses to make and receive calls over the internet.If your business has up to four users, all you’ll need to make VoIP calls is: S...
A guide to broadband: fibre, ISDN and leased line
With all the different options, it can be hard for businesses to get the best broadband service for their needs. Let’s take a look at what’s available to BT Business customers to help you find the rig...
How to boost your Wi-Fi
There’s lots you can do to maximise your Wi-Fi connection, from changing your setup, being mindful of where your router is placed, and using add-ons to help extend your coverage. Here’s some tips on h...
Staying aware of phishing scams
Phishing is a type of identity theft where scammers use online messages to appear as if they’re from a genuine company, to try to trick you into giving out private information. Here’s some tips on h...
How SEO and analytics can help your business
Back in July, we talked about the importance of digital skills now more than ever. Now new data from Salesforce says that 80% of the UK workforce admit that they don’t feel ready for the digital-first...
BT and micro-businesses
Did you know BT has a new partnership network, specially created to help micro-businesses with 0-9 employees grow? Micro-businesses are defined as businesses with 0 to 9 employees. Small businesses...
BTnet: An overview of a leased line for business
Does your business rely on fast and reliable internet? Are you struggling with slow speeds? A leased line might be the answer to your problems! BTnet is a leased line for your business, giving y...
Introducing eSports
In 2020, BT signed a deal to exclusively sponsor British eSports group Excel eSports. You might be familiar with BT’s involvement in real-world sport, but what about the world of virtual sport? eSpo...
Web 3.0: what is it and what does it mean for business?
The digital world is evolving at a fast pace and sometimes it’s difficult to keep up with the new developments and terminology. One of these is Web 3.0 but what does it mean and what are the implicati...
Fraud and how telecoms companies can protect against it
Fraud is one of the major issues facing the telecommunications industry today, with criminals finding new ways to take advantage of operators and consumers. Read on for the latest on fraudulent activi...
Direct Debit: What, why and how?
Are you fed up with paper bills piling up in your office? Want to take the stress out of paying for your BT Business services and avoid those late payment fees? By changing to direct debit, you coul...
How to take your business calls on the go with Cloud Voice
We wrote back in May about what Cloud is and mentioned we have several different products that fall under the name ‘Cloud’ – one of which is called Cloud Voice. Today, I’m going to expand on Cloud Voi...
Fibre – boosting speeds and your business
As expectations and requirements for faster internet continue to grow, the conversation around broadband is shifting towards Fibre nationally. There are several different terms for Fibre and the diffe...
What can 5G do for your business?
We posted an article in June talking about 5G and what it means for businesses. Progress on the 5G infrastructure is rapidly advancing with Vodafone announcing they’re installing two private 5G networ...
The 3G switch-off and what it means for you
Mobile-network operators in the UK are set to switch off the 3G network, with BT and Vodafone looking to phase out 3G by 2023. The entire 2G and 3G mobile networks are expected to be retired by 2033. ...
How to access your emails online
Email addresses have a few foibles that people aren’t aware of. What do you know about emails? I’m going to run through the different options you have; to stay in touch with your customers, on the go,...
