SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
04 September 2003
BT Group plc
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
BT Centre
81 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
England
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Enclosures: 1. Datastream Price Changes announcement made on
04 September 2003
NR 0335 September 4, 2003
BT DELIVERS MORE BROADBAND PRICE CHANGES FOR WHOLESALE OPERATORS
BT today announced it is to reduce further the price for its BT DataStream
wholesale broadband product aimed at fixed line operators. BT is making the
change following discussions with customers and Oftel regarding the price
relative to the current IPStream Home 500 product.
The BT DataStream price reduction, which was notified to Oftel today, will cut
the cost of the end-user element of the broadband connection by 50p to GBP8.05.
In addition, BT will be raising the monthly rental of its 2Mbit/s business
product, IPStream Office 2000, from GBP38 to GBP43; this is still substantially
lower than the rental of GBP80. charged in March. BT IPStream S2000 rental will
also go up from GBP43 to GBP48; this compares with GBP85 in March this year.
These changes will mean that wholesale customers taking Datastream will have
more flexibility in competing with BT's IPStream products in what is already
Europe's most competitive broadband market.
The DataStream price cut comes into effect tomorrow; the other changes will be
effective from 16 October.
BT currently supplies broadband services to more than 150 Service Providers
and has connected more than 1.2 million customers to broadband based on BT's
ADSL products.
Note to editors
BT IPStream: Utilising ADSL technology and BT's core IP network to offer
broadband internet and data services to ISPs and businesses on 1,650 exchanges
across the UK. Currently more than 150 ISPs buy BT IPStream providing service to
more than 1,200,000 customers.
BT DataStream: Offers telecom carriers and service providers a dedicated ATM
network on which to develop their own IP applications such as teleworking,
branch office networking and internet access services. BT DataStream is used by
OLOs to offer broadband services to ISPs and businesses across the UK.
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Inquiries about this news release should be made to:
David Orr or Francis King, BT Wholesale, on 020 7356 5372 or 0191 211 8607
Inquiries may also be made to the BT Group Newsroom on its 24-hour number: 020
7356 5369. All BT Group news releases can be accessed at our web site:
www.btplc.com/mediacentre
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BT Group PLC
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Patricia Day
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Patricia Day, Assistant Secretary. Head of Shareholder Services
Date 04 September 2003