29 November 2006

More than 100 consumers in the UK village of Wick are among the first customers to be connected to BT's next-generation telecommunications network, which went live Tuesday.

The BT 21st Century Network, dubbed 21CN, is one of the most ambitious network overhauls of its kind in the world. Instead of using traditional circuit-switched systems to transport phone calls, the UK operator is switching its entire networking infrastructure to IP (Internet Protocol) technology.