Editing BT Group (section)

=== BT Ireland ===
In 2000, BT acquired [[BT Ireland|Esat Telecom Group plc]], and all its subsidiary companies, and [[Ireland On Line]].<ref name="FindArticles.com - CBSi"/> It also purchased [[Telenor]]'s minority shareholding in [[Esat Digifone]]. The Esat Telecom Group was split in two with the landline and internet operations were combining with Ocean to become part of BT Ignite.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Smyth|first=Jamie|title=BT ready to spend €1.4bn on Telenor's Esat stake|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/bt-ready-to-spend-1-4bn-on-telenor-s-esat-stake-1.1114976|access-date=2021-10-22|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref> Esat Group was renamed Esat BT in July 2002, and eventually [[BT Ireland]] in April 2005. Esat Digifone became part of BT Wireless, before being spun off into a separate independent company [[Telefónica Europe|mmo2 plc]] (now [[Telefónica Europe]]). EsatBT installed the first [[DSL]] lines in Ireland, to try and compete heavily with former state telecoms company [[Eircom]] and operate one exchange, in [[Limerick]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/eircom-s-dsl-attracts-1-000-users-1.356846|title=Eircom's DSL attracts 1,000 users|date=25 April 2003|newspaper=Irish Times|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref>