British
Telecom is one of Europe's leading providers
of telecommunications services. Its principal activities
include local, national and international telecommunications
services, higher-value broadband and internet products
and services, and IT solutions. In the UK, BT serves
over 21 million corporate and residential customers
with more than 28 million exchange lines, as well
as providing network services to other licensed
operators.
BT is one of
the partners of the ERDF funded project The Media Vault,
a project that will provide the West Midlands Creative
Industries sector, in particular, screen based media
companies with:
a new media management
technology infrastructure known as a Digital Asset
Management (DAM) platform
improved SME access
to broadband connectivity
a networked media
acquisition and production facility
specialist connectivity
and technology advice.
Increasing
broadband connectivity will reduce the costs and barriers
to new markets for SMEs and act as a market facilitator
through the access to, and distribution of, new digital
media regionally, nationally and globally.
The improved broadband network
infrastructure will be realized by BT, who will provide
network management and connectivity expertise through:
