Editing BT Group (section)

=== Buildings and facilities ===
{{See also|Category:BT Group buildings and structures}}
As BT operates in around 180 countries, it [[Ownership|owns]] and [[lease]]s a range of buildings and [[Telecommunications facility|facilities]] in the UK and around the world. In 2001, it sold some of its UK property portfolio for £2.38&nbsp;billion to [[Telereal Trillium]] in a 30-year [[leaseback]]. The deal included 6,700 properties and contributed towards alleviating its debt at the time, with the main advantage being flexibility as it allows BT to vacate property over time, so as to adapt to changing operational requirements.<ref name="TelerealTrillium">{{cite news |last1=Sabbagh |first1=Dan |title=Property sale to cost BT £40m a year |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2743456/Property-sale-to-cost-BT-40m-a-year.html |access-date=8 September 2018 |work=The Telegraph |date=27 November 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911002340/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2743456/Property-sale-to-cost-BT-40m-a-year.html |archive-date=11 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Headquarters ====
[[File:BT Centre 3195 stitched.jpg|thumb|The BT Centre was completed in 1985.]]
Until December 2021, BT Group's world headquarters and [[registered office]] was the [[BT Centre]], a 10-storey office building at 81 Newgate Street in the [[City of London]], opposite [[St Paul's tube station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonarchitecture.co.uk/Building/1331839353/BT-Centre.php|title=BT Centre|publisher=London Architecture|access-date=2 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115131407/http://www.londonarchitecture.co.uk/Building/1331839353/BT-Centre.php|archive-date=15 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2021, BT relocated to new headquarters at One Braham, a brand new 18-storey building completed earlier in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=BT opens new London HQ as part of major transformation programme |url=https://newsroom.bt.com/bt-opens-new-london-hq-as-part-of-major-transformation-programme/ |website=BT.com |access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref> In March 2024, BT Group opened a new multi-million-pound hub and Welsh headquarters in Cardiff for 1,000 BT Group employees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Birt |first=Elizabeth |title=BT Group's new hub marks major investment in Cardiff |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/bt-groups-new-hub-marks-major-investment-in-cardiff/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=MSN |publisher=South Wales Argus}}</ref>

==== Buildings and stations ====
Some of its UK buildings and stations are:

* [[Adastral Park]] – headquarters of [[BT Labs]] in Suffolk
* [[Assembly Bristol|The Assembly]] – building in Bristol
* [[Baynard House, London|Baynard House]] – building in City of London
* [[BT Riverside Tower]] – headquarters of BT Northern Ireland in Belfast
* [[BT Tower (Swansea)|BT Tower]] – building in Swansea
* [[Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station]] – [[satellite earth station]] in Cornwall
* [[Guardian telephone exchange]] – [[telephone exchange]] in Manchester
* [[Madley Communications Centre]] – [[satellite earth station]] in Herefordshire
* [[National Network Management Centre]] – [[network operations centre]] in Shropshire
* [[Stadium House]] – building in Cardiff

==== Telecommunications towers ====
{{Main|Telecommunications towers in the United Kingdom|British Telecom microwave network}}
BT remains one of the largest owners of [[telecommunications towers in the UK]] and were a major node in its [[British Telecom microwave network|microwave network]]. Its BT Tower in London is notable for numerous reasons such as being the [[tallest building in the UK]] from its construction in the 1960s until the early 1980s, its [[revolving restaurant]] at the top known as 'Top of the Tower' in operation through the late 1960s and 1970s, and remains one of the UK's most important communications nerve centres, the heart of a vast broadcasting and communications network. It carries approximately 95% of the UK's TV content, including live broadcasts and 99% of all live football games as well as pioneering the first international [[High-definition television|HD]], [[3D television|3D]] and [[Ultra-high-definition television|4K television]] transmissions. It serves media production and distribution customers around the world and as part of the Things Connected Network launched in London, it became the highest building in the world to host an [[Internet of things]] (IoT) [[base station]] in September 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=The opening of the iconic BT Tower in London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/connecting-britain/opening-of-bt-tower/ |access-date=10 September 2018 |work=The Telegraph |date=26 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911002513/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/connecting-britain/opening-of-bt-tower/ |archive-date=11 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BT wins prestigious Emmy® Award for innovation in TV technology |url=https://www.btplc.com/news/index.htm#/pressreleases/bt-wins-prestigious-emmy-r-award-for-innovation-in-tv-technology-2134387 |access-date=10 September 2018 |publisher=BT Group |date=5 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911002543/https://www.btplc.com/news/index.htm#/pressreleases/bt-wins-prestigious-emmy-r-award-for-innovation-in-tv-technology-2134387 |archive-date=11 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Some of its towers are:
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* [[BT Tower]] in London
* [[BT Tower (Birmingham)|BT Tower]] in Birmingham
* [[Charwelton BT Tower]] in Northamptonshire
* [[Heaton Park BT Tower]] in Manchester
* [[Peterborough transmitting station|Morborne Hill BT Tower]] in Cambridgeshire
* [[Purdown BT Tower]] in Bristol
* [[Pye Green BT Tower]] in Staffordshire
* [[Stokenchurch BT Tower]] in Buckinghamshire
* [[Sutton Common BT Tower]] in Cheshire
* [[Tinshill BT Tower]] in West Yorkshire
* [[Tolsford Hill BT Tower]] in Kent
* [[Turners Hill Transmitter|Turners Hill BT Tower]] in West Midlands
* [[Wotton-under-Edge BT Tower]] in Gloucestershire
* [[Zouches Farm]] in Bedfordshire
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==== Other ====
Some of its other UK facilities are:
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* [[Red telephone box]] – original [[telephone boxes]]
* [[KX telephone boxes]] – successor to the red telephone boxes
* [[LinkUK]] – modern kiosks replacing existing telephone boxes with a range of free services
* [[TAT-14]] – 14th consortium [[transatlantic telecommunications cable]] system
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