Talking telcos with BT Advise: Meet Andrew Batten

I love my job! Currently I have eight consulting projects on the go in five countries in three Asian sub-regions. Each one is fascinating and in every case we are able to draw on BT experience to help improve the customer’s position in some respect.

The range of topics we consult on is vast.  To give you an idea, the current projects cover regulation, OSS, workforce management, operational improvements, broadband strategy, procurement and transformation strategy. Also I am impressed with the spread of coverage we have: amongst our current customers are incumbents facing financial turnaround challenges, start-ups, and at the other end of the spectrum, one of the world’s leading operators. Yet we always seem to find ways of engaging and helping, regardless of the nature of the customer and the problem.  [Read more...]

BT and Orange Business Services collaborate to extend telepresence connectivity

BT and Orange Business Services have signed an agreement for a global commercial service to allow each other’s video exchange customers to participate in telepresence meetings with one another. By working together, BT and Orange will help telepresence users reach more partners, suppliers, customers and business prospects at public and private end-points across their networks.  [Read more...]

BT cloud-based videoconferencing offers full interoperability

Video Bridging 3.0 links multiple technologies seamlessly

BT Conferencing recently announced it has expanded its cloud-based videoconferencing service to allow full global interoperability between a wide choice of manufacturer solutions.

This enhancement significantly increases the range of devices that can be used in meetings. Organisations can now use standard or high definition endpoints ranging from telepresence suites to mobile devices, enterprise desktop units and web cameras. The service supports the videoconferencing industry’s major standards (SIP, H.323 and H.320) enabling video meetings to be launched and controlled using a mix of legacy and new devices on the same session.  [Read more...]