BT Wholesale and Ventures was a division of United Kingdom telecommunications company BT Group that provided voice, broadband, data, hosted communication, managed network and IT services to communications providers (CPs) in Great Britain. It was merged with BT's Business and Public Sector division to form BT Enterprise in October 2018.
Wholesale and Ventures provided services to BT's other divisions: BT Consumer, BT Business and Public Sector and EE. It also offered services to media companies and broadcasters, and its ventures side offered a range of products and services. It provided the voice services to UK customers via 999, 118 500 and Next Generation Text Service, which helps those who can’t hear or speak on the phone.
In April 2018, Gavin Patterson, then BT Group's CEO, announced Wholesale and Ventures was to be combined with the group's Business and Public Sector division into a newly-formed division, BT Enterprise. It came after BT's decision to undertake a streamlining of its operations, in a bid to strengthen its offerings as a business.[1]
Prior to its merger with Business and Public Sector, Wholesale and Ventures was formerly known as BT Wholesale, taking on the name following BT's new organisational structure that took effect in April 2016 after its acquisition of EE, and comprises the existing BT Wholesale division along with EE's mobile virtual network operator business as well as some specialist businesses such as Fleet, Payphones and Directories.[2][3][4] Its ventures side included the following businesses at time of its restructuring:[5]
BT Redcare – protects homes and businesses in the UK against intruders, accidental fire or arson
BT Cables – supports and supplies a range of cables and accessories
Directory Solutions - the sole distributor of the UK’s directory information to producers of directory products and services
BT’s Phone Book – the only UK directory that includes business and residential listings
The IPstream product covers the transport of data between the end-user's premises and an interconnect point of the ISPs choice, such as their main colocation facility, which is served by one or more links called BT Centrals. BT has operational control of the network for tasks such as load balancing. Transit of data to and from the internet, along with other services such as email servers, are the responsibility of the ISP.[citation needed]
IPStream is widely used by ISPs because it is cheaper to set up and costs less in maintenance than the ISP building its own network. This is balanced by the fact that usage costs for ISPs are higher using IPstream than their own network. Datastream is the similar system where ISPs in the UK use BT equipment but use their own IP transport.[citation needed]
BT Wholesale pays Openreach for access to the local loop and the exchange. The alternative to IPStream is local-loop unbundling, in which the ISP obtains these facilities from Openreach directly, and makes its own arrangements for onward carriage of the data stream.[citation needed]
Similar services are offered in other countries where there is a single dominant telecommunications provider, such as wholesale DSL from Telstra in Australia.[citation needed]
IPstream has largely been retired by BT in favour of its Wholesale Broadband Connect.[6]
Referencesedit
^"BT forms new business unit BT Enterprise". BT Group. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
^"BT announces new structure". BT News. BT Group PLC. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^"BT reports a 24% jump in quarterly profits amid revamp". BBC News. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^Palmer, Kate (1 February 2016). "BT unveils management overhaul as it reports 'seven-year high' in revenue growth". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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^"BT Retire 20CN IPStream Connect Broadband Services at 425 UK Exchanges".
April 15, 2024
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BT Wholesale and Ventures was a division of United Kingdom telecommunications company BT Group that provided voice broadband data hosted communication managed network and IT services to communications providers CPs in Great Britain It was merged with BT s Business and Public Sector division to form BT Enterprise in October 2018 BT Wholesale and VenturesCompany typeDivisionIndustryTelecommunicationsSuccessorBT EnterpriseHeadquartersBT CentreLondon EC1United KingdomArea servedUnited KingdomProductsTelephonyBroadbandDigital televisionIT and network servicesPayphonesDirectory solutionsHome securityFleet managementSupply chain managementServicesWholesale leasingParentBT GroupWebsitewww wbr btwholesale wbr comWholesale and Ventures provided services to BT s other divisions BT Consumer BT Business and Public Sector and EE It also offered services to media companies and broadcasters and its ventures side offered a range of products and services It provided the voice services to UK customers via 999 118 500 and Next Generation Text Service which helps those who can t hear or speak on the phone In April 2018 Gavin Patterson then BT Group s CEO announced Wholesale and Ventures was to be combined with the group s Business and Public Sector division into a newly formed division BT Enterprise It came after BT s decision to undertake a streamlining of its operations in a bid to strengthen its offerings as a business 1 Prior to its merger with Business and Public Sector Wholesale and Ventures was formerly known as BT Wholesale taking on the name following BT s new organisational structure that took effect in April 2016 after its acquisition of EE and comprises the existing BT Wholesale division along with EE s mobile virtual network operator business as well as some specialist businesses such as Fleet Payphones and Directories 2 3 4 Its ventures side included the following businesses at time of its restructuring 5 BT Redcare protects homes and businesses in the UK against intruders accidental fire or arson BT Cables supports and supplies a range of cables and accessories Directory Solutions the sole distributor of the UK s directory information to producers of directory products and services BT s Phone Book the only UK directory that includes business and residential listings Payphones Red telephone box KX series LinkUK handles telephone calls and provides additional services such as advertising cash machines Wi Fi and small cell mobile hotspots BT Supply Chain provides supply chain management for both Group businesses and its external customer baseContents 1 Products 1 1 Wholesale Broadband Connect 1 1 1 IPstream 2 ReferencesProducts editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed November 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Wholesale Broadband Connect edit Wholesale Broadband Connect WBC is BT Wholesale s up to 24 Mbit s ADSL2 offering in the UK WBC replaced the ADSL Max product It also refers to BT s native fibre to the premises service IPstream edit IPstream is the most highly used wholesale broadband Internet service in the UK citation needed BT Wholesale sells the service to ISPs and IPTV providers who use it to provide ADSL services to customers over Openreach telephone lines citation needed The IPstream product covers the transport of data between the end user s premises and an interconnect point of the ISPs choice such as their main colocation facility which is served by one or more links called BT Centrals BT has operational control of the network for tasks such as load balancing Transit of data to and from the internet along with other services such as email servers are the responsibility of the ISP citation needed IPStream is widely used by ISPs because it is cheaper to set up and costs less in maintenance than the ISP building its own network This is balanced by the fact that usage costs for ISPs are higher using IPstream than their own network Datastream is the similar system where ISPs in the UK use BT equipment but use their own IP transport citation needed BT Wholesale pays Openreach for access to the local loop and the exchange The alternative to IPStream is local loop unbundling in which the ISP obtains these facilities from Openreach directly and makes its own arrangements for onward carriage of the data stream citation needed Similar services are offered in other countries where there is a single dominant telecommunications provider such as wholesale DSL from Telstra in Australia citation needed IPstream has largely been retired by BT in favour of its Wholesale Broadband Connect 6 References edit BT forms new business unit BT Enterprise BT Group 18 April 2018 Retrieved 1 April 2022 BT announces new structure BT News BT Group PLC 1 February 2016 Retrieved 24 November 2017 BT reports a 24 jump in quarterly profits amid revamp BBC News 1 February 2016 Retrieved 24 November 2017 Palmer Kate 1 February 2016 BT unveils management overhaul as it reports seven year high in revenue growth The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 24 November 2017 Wholesale amp Ventures BT Group Archived from the original on 21 January 2018 Retrieved 24 November 2017 BT Retire 20CN IPStream Connect Broadband Services at 425 UK Exchanges Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title BT Wholesale and Ventures amp oldid 1207156639, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
