Announcing the first major services from its Concert joint venture with MCI Communications Corp (see front), British Telecommunications Plc’s Alfred Mocket told Reuter I’m delighted that we’re announcing a world’s first here – we’re the only game in town at the moment, but I’m sure the others will follow as quickly as they can; I think we would maintain a six-month technological advantage over the competition at the moment and up to a 12-month advantage with regard to the maturity of our service management capability; we’ve been trialling and testing this for over two years and we’ve had five customers trialling on 28 sites around the globe – they’re happy and sitting on a robust network; Thorn EMI Plc was among the first to be signed up and others would be announced soon.
