英国电信BT之世纪网络计划.ppt

Slide BT Group Investor Day 16 June 2003 BT Network TransformationPaul Reynolds CEO BT Wholesale Forward-looking statements - caution Certain statements in this presentation are forward-looking and are made in reliance on the safe harbour provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, without limitation, those concerning: expectations regarding customer growth, investment plans, strategy, and the benefits of new initiatives; the possible or assumed future results of operations of BT and/or its lines of business; expectations regarding product volume, revenue targets and/or growth, capital expenditure, network infrastructure and savings, customer satisfaction, free cash-flow, market share, cost reductions and cash savings, productivity improvements, and profitability. Although BT Group believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to have been correct. Because these statements involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause differences between actual results and those implied by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: material adverse changes in economic conditions in the markets served by BT and its lines of business; future regulatory actions and conditions in BT’s operating areas, including competition from others in the UK and other international communications markets; selection by BT and its lines of business of the appropriate trading and marketing models for its products and services; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates; technological innovations, including the cost of developing new products and the need to increase expenditures for improving the quality of service; prolonged adverse weather conditions resulting in a material inc