British Telecom could be set for a return to the mobile phone market a few years after they sold off BT Cellnet to O2.
Shareholders at the firm are becoming increasingly distressed by the lack of a mobile operation at the firm.
With handset use now soaring in the UK, many calls that may previously have been made from landlines are now being carried out on mobiles instead.
This has prompted some investors to criticise the company for its failure to make the most of the mobile revolution, but BT could be about to hit back.
VIRGIN MEDIA MOBILE BROADBAND - Unlike other mobile broadband providers, Virgin Media feels that this type of broadband connection should be complementary to fixed line broadband, rather than a service that competes with it for customers.
According to Virgin Media, they see mobile broadband as being part of a bundle of services with TV, phone and broadband; they do not see this service as a stand-alone product, which can be sold to the masses indefinitely.
This is the reason why Virgin Media has entered the market at this stage and not earlier according to the company’s Chief Executive, Neil Berkett.
David Brent would turn in his grave at the thought that his work force could no longer have to work from the office!
Mobile broadband, particularly for small business, is transforming the work environment and changing the way we work.
The impact of this could be the death of office for the small business and have a massive effect on small business estates throughout the UK.
