About BT

Forget old BT. Today we do far more than phones. We’re an organisation that stretches around the globe, employing thousands of highly-talented professionals who are among the best in the industry. Together we:

are revolutionising the way businesses communicate in 170 countries across five continents
are one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions to major companies
design, develop and provide groundbreaking solutions
as BT Group plc had a turnover of more than £20 billion in 2007/2008

BT Group plc is the listed holding company for an integrated group of businesses that provide voice and data services in the UK, elsewhere in Europe and around the world.

"We're not just about installing your gran's phoneline, or fixing your broadband - there's a lot more going on at BT than most people think."

BT operates in six principle lines of business:

BT Retail - serves business and residential customers and is the prime channel to market for other BT businesses.

BT Wholesale - runs BT's networks and provides network services and solutions to other communication companies.

BT Global Services – BT’s global managed services and solutions provider, serves multi-site organisations worldwide.

BT Design - BT Group’s IT design and delivery business.

BT Operate - deploys and runs communications services for customers over BT's core network and systems.

Openreach - owns, maintains and develops the access network which links homes and businesses to the networks of Britain's communications providers.

BT's customers and employees have raised over £65 million for ChildLine