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Not directly related to the story, but just for info - "British Telecom" is an incorrect name (it's not used in the BBC article). The company renamed from that

Not directly related to the story, but just for info - "British Telecom" is an incorrect name (it's not used in the BBC article). The company renamed from that to BT in 1991.

cjrp 8y ago
They also use "better together" in a lot of marketing, but don't seem to have officially rebranded.
- strictfp 8y ago
  Life's Good - Lucky Goldstar
  - chithanh 8y ago
    ESSO - Standard Oil (well that wasn't voluntary, but still)
porpoisely 8y ago
Didn't British Petroleum do the same thing? Now they are exclusively known as BP.
- juanuys 8y ago
  I was reminded of this when Obama still referred to BP as British Petroleum during the oil spill: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10303619 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10303619