A History of Innovation at BT Global Services

BT has a long history of innovation…

1846 Electric Telegraph Company – World’s 1st telecommunications company

1926 World’s 1st transatlantic telephone call

1943 Colossus: World’s 1st digital programmable computer

1962 World’s 1st satellite telephone call

1968 World’s 1st digital exchange

1980 World’s 1st submarine optical fibre

1984 World's 1st 140 Mb/s commercial single mode optical fibre link

2014 World’s 1st 3Tb/s fibre super-channel

BT research and development activities

*Source: EU Industrial R&D Investor Scoreboard 2008-2012**Source: British Telecommunications plc Report & Accounts 2014

largest investor in R&D in the UK over past five years*

3rdlargest fixed line telecoms R&D investor in the world over past five years*

2nd

invested in R&D in 2013/14**£532m

spent on R&D over the last five years**

£3.1 billion

scientists and technologists employed worldwide**

14,000 patents in our portfolio**4300

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