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BT Group to combine Enterprise and Global units
BT Group to combine Enterprise and Global units.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 16 December 2022\n \n \n \n \n \n \nBT GROUP TO COMBINE ENTERPRISE AND GLOBAL UNITS TO CREATE\nBT BUSINESS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n BT Group has today announced that it will be combining its Global and Enterprise units into a single B2B unit, BT Business. The combined unit will enhance value for all our B2B customers, strengthen our competitive position, and deliver material synergies by:\n \n \n ·\n \n Leveraging the full scale and capabilities of BT Group to develop and deliver market-leading products and services for all our B2B customers\n \n , including next generation connectivity and unified communications, multi-cloud networking, and advanced security solutions.\n \n \n ·\n \n Creating a single interface to BT Group for our corporate customers and public sector institutions\n \n , combining our vertical sectoral expertise and capabilities, and removing the current duplication between Enterprise and Global.\n \n \n ·\n \n Driving significant and rapid gross annualised cost savings of at least £100m by the end of FY25\n \n through consolidation and rationalisation of management teams, support functions, product portfolios and systems.\n \n \n \n \n \n BT Business will be led by Bas Burger the current CEO of BT's Global unit. Bas joined BT Group in 2008 and prior to the Global role was responsible for BT Americas. Before joining BT Group, Bas was executive president and a member of the management committee of Getronics NV, where he ran global sales, channels and partnerships, developing the company's international business. He was also CEO and managing director of KPN Entercom Solutions.\n \n \n \n \n \n This will create a simpler BT Group with three Customer Facing Units: Consumer supporting UK consumers; BT Business supporting business and public sector customers; and Openreach delivering UK nationwide fixed access infrastructure.\n \n \n Announcing the formation of BT Business, BT Group Chief Executive Philip Jansen said:\n \n \n \"BT Group is a leading provider of B2B connectivity and related services to UK and multi-national corporations, government and public sector organisations worldwide, as well as UK SMEs1 and SoHos2. BT Enterprise is the market leader in the UK, with a market share of 30% underpinned by BT Group's fixed and mobile network leadership, the strength of t...