BT Group plc operates as a communications services company.
It offers fixed lines, broadband, mobile, and television
(TV) products and services, as well as networked IT
services. It operates in four segments: BT Global Services,
BT Retail, BT Wholesale, and Openreach. The BT Global
Services segment provides networked IT services to
multinational corporations, domestic businesses, government
departments, and other communications providers worldwide.
The BT Retail segment provides audio, video and internet
collaboration services; directory enquiries, operator and
emergency services, and phone book; software and IT services
for retailers; street, managed, prison, card, and private
payphones; and alarm monitoring and tracking facilities.
This segment serves corporate, small and medium enterprises,
consumer, and wholesale markets in the United Kingdom, the
Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland. The BT Wholesale
segment offers broadband, voice, and data connectivity
services, interconnect to bespoke and managed network
outsourcing, and value-added solutions to the communications
providers in the United Kingdom. The Openreach segment
connects communications providers customers to their local
telephone exchange, giving them access to the U.K. network.
The company was formerly known as Newgate Telecommunications
Limited and changed its name to BT Group plc in September
2001. BT Group plc was founded in 1981 and is based in
London, the United Kingdom.