History
BT has been operating internationally since 1984. During the 1990s, between the loosening of national telecom monopolies and the current (largely) liberalised market, BT entered into a number of alliances in order to serve its mainly, then, UK-based multi-national customers. In 2002 the final attempt at such an alliance (Concert 2 with AT&T) was disbanded. Thereafter the company brought together a number of joint ventures, partly owned assets and wholly owned subsidiaries into the single entity that exists today.
Between 2002 and 2009, the division made a string of acquisitions to expand its global footprint and broaden its business offer to customers. Most notable are Radianz, the then network arm of Reuters; global network operator Infonet; managed security market leader Counterpane; US IT consultancy INS; and Asian systems integrator Frontline.
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