Around the world

Around the world


	BT signposts the future Companies are still suspicious of employees interacting with social networking sites during office hours. The concern is that staff might spend too much time staying in touch with friends instead of concentrating on their day job...
	Beijing move to reflect interesting times For a few weeks in 2008 the global spotlight was centred on Beijing as it held its spectacular and flamboyant Olympic Games. Once the party was over, many people shifted their focus elsewhere...
	BT signposts the future Companies are still suspicious of employees interacting with social networking sites during office hours. The concern is that staff might spend too much time staying in touch with friends instead of concentrating on their day job...
	Ribbit’s platform promise The addition of Ribbit’s highly successful voice applications development platform to BT’s 21st century network development, innovation capabilities and award winning SDKs holds significant potential...
	Is the web the ultimate social network? Jeff Patmore, BT's head of strategic university research discusses a recent international collaborative research project on the impact of social networking. ...
	BRICs driven by innovation They're touted as the new tiger economies. Brazil, Russia, India and China - the so-called 'BRIC' countries - are growing so fast many people are predicting they could overtake some of today's richest countries by the middle of the century...
	Broadband in China - it's a culture thing Broadband is changing the way people connect right around the world so could lessons from across China help provide BT with new ways to innovate?
	Global scouts go "beyond prepared" BT's global innovation scouts have taken Lord Baden-Powell’s famous motto to new levels as they search the globe to find new technologies for BT to invest in.
	Innovation opens its doors The velocity, volume and diversity of innovation are higher than they've ever been. High-tech start-up businesses abound - not just in Silicon Valley but as far afield as Israel, Shanghai and Cambridge.

BT and London 2012

BT is the Official Communications Services Partner and a Sustainability Partner for the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games.