BT Nominated for
Best Service Provider
at the WBI awards 2006

BT have been short listed as finalists for the 2006 Wireless Broadband Innovation awards in the Best Service Provider category.

Winners will be announced at the WBI Awards Dinner in London's prestigious Cafe Royal on the evening of 17 May 2006.

The category of Best Service Provider encompasses, Mobile operators, Wireless ISPs and Fixed telcos and cable operators with a wireless offering, with nominees judged upon 5 main criteria:

• Quality of service and user experience
• Speed and scale of site acquisition and rollout
• Marketing, branding and customer acquisition
• Company growth
• Innovation

About BT

BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in more than 160 Countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services, local, national and international telecommunications services, and higher-value broadband and internet products and services.

BT consists principally of three lines of business:

• BT Retail, providing a comprehensive range of communications and related services to more than 20m UK consumers and businesses.
• BT Wholesale, providing network services and solutions within the UK to more than 600 fixed and mobile operators and service providers including the provision of broadband and private circuits.
• BT Global Services, providing IT and networking services to meet the needs of multi-site organisations globally. BT Global Services operates in more than 130 countries and also offers international carrier services.

In the year ended 31 March 2005, BT Group's revenue was £18,623 million with profit before taxation of £2,354 million.

British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.

For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt

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