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BT Group plc (trading as BT) is a holding company which owns British Telecommunications plc, a British multinational telecommunications services company with head offices in London, United Kingdom. It has operations in around 180 countries.
BT's origins date back to the founding of the Electric Telegraph Company in 1846 which developed a nationwide communications network. In 1912, the General Post Office, a government department, became the monopoly telecoms supplier in the United Kingdom. The Post Office Act of 1969 led to the GPO becoming a public corporation. British Telecommunications, trading as British Telecom, was formed in 1980, and became independent of the Post Office in 1981. British Telecommunications was privatised in 1984, becoming British Telecommunications plc, with some 50 percent of its shares sold to investors. The Government sold its remaining stake in further share sales in 1991 and 1993. BT has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
BT controls a number of large subsidiaries. BT Global Services division supplies telecoms services to corporate and government customers worldwide, and its BT Consumer division supplies telephony, broadband, and subscription television services in Great Britain to around 18 million customers. BT announced in February 2015 that it had agreed to acquire EE for £12.5 billion, and received final regulatory approval from the Competition and Markets Authority on 15 January 2016. The transaction was completed on 29 January 2016.

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  1. dUnKle

    BT ultra fast broadband

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  2. Venomx999

    Question BT Home Move

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  3. Venomx999

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    Hi. I have just moved into my new property and am currently using the previous tenants ADSL2+ line until the 18th at which point BT ( my ISP ) will transfer me over to my Infinity 2 line. So im gueesing i have an active/working line. I received a text message saying that there's an "...
  4. J

    Question Sky - moving services but want to maintain existing number at current address

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  5. BMox81

    Question Ultrafast Fibre Plus 2 question

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  6. rid1

    Question Orbi RBK53 vs BT Whole Home (3 disc)

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  7. Venomx999

    Question Getting A Deal

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  8. DJMKN

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  9. Saxo Appeal

    Question BT Fibre Internet switching between Whole Home Wi-fi Discs

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  10. b1nx2003

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  11. D

    BT TV UHD UI

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  12. Member 813395

    BT OnePhone BTOP Mobile Phone on EE

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  13. rashomon

    Switching to BT Fibre - where should I have new line fitted

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  14. M

    Answered LG TV > HDMI Splitter > RCA > BT Transmitter > BT Headphones

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  15. E

    Question Lost BT channels on second TV

    Hello I previously had a lot of help getting BT channels available on two TVs in my house via one BT youview box, (the second TV watching same as the first, being controlled by a magic eye). All was going swimmingly until I recently had workmen in my house and although they should have been...
  16. J

    Cordless BT phones

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  17. Getinthehole!

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  18. Alps

    Question BT Sports deals

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  19. K

    BT 4K on Virgin 555

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  20. JEDIBLADE

    Question Installing extension from bt master socket for broadband

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