written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message bt research formation 1921 type former government owned body now private research organisation purpose telecommunications research location adastral park martlesham suffolk ip5 3re parent organization bt group website www.btplc.com innovation bt research is part of the bt technology service and operations division of bt group a provider of communications and services operating in 170 countries . the organisation embodies an open innovation approach drawing on external resources such as partnerships with universities suppliers partners customers and start ups to complement the bt s internal research and innovation programme . bt group is also a partner in collaborative research projects that are part of the uk s technology strategy board programme the eu seventh framework programme and the eu competitiveness and innovation framework programme . contents 1 location 2 activities 2.1 current research themes 3 academic research partners 4 history 5 patents 6 innovations from bt research 7 references 8 external links location edit adastral park bt s main research facility is located in the united kingdom at adastral park near ipswich in the county of suffolk . the adastral park site was first planned around 1968 as the martlesham heath post office laboratories 1 and after completion in 1971 has grown since then to a facility today which has around 4 000 research and development people from both bt and some of its partner companies . globally bt has additional research labs in beijing boston ma and abu dhabi . the focus of research at bt is information and communications technology ict . the royal air force were the original residents of the site in suffolk at raf martlesham heath . experimental aircraft test flights flew from the airfield and the name adastral park is intended to reflect the history of experimentation and innovation which is the continuing focus for the park . citation needed the initial models and plans created by the mpbw successor to the mow would appear to indicate the influence of the thunderbirds tv series of the 1960s . activities edit current research themes edit major theme areas are ; it services software and systems internet of things iot big data future of the internet and network transformation mobility and convergence future of the web and semantic intelligence information and security systems customer service and systems the digital home and sociable communications academic research partners edit bt works closely with both academics and students in over 20 institutions globally and has strong partnerships with the university of cambridge in the uk the massachusetts institute of technology mit in the usa and tsinghua university in china . bt also leads the india uk advanced technology centre a consortium of 22 indian and uk industry and academic partners conducting research into current and next generation fixed and wireless communications . history edit main building research in the company was first established in 1921 at the post office research station at dollis hill london . in 1968 bt began the move of its research to the new site at martlesham heath in suffolk . by late 1969 small teams of researchers were working at martlesham . the first new research building was formally opened on 21 november 1975 by queen elizabeth ii of the united kingdom . the architect was mr stanislaw spielrein ariba of the ministry of public buildings and works mpbw . 2 the new building housed 1 700 people . patents edit by the turn of the century 2000 the site had produced over 10 000 patents . innovations from bt research edit 2006 october bt implemented the world s first fully automated spam buster system to track down and tackle professional spammers and botnet infected customers on the bt broadband network . 2002 june research and development teams designed and deployed a suite of new business systems allowing the launch of the uk s first commercial broadband internet access service . 1999 july bt announced that it had pushed commercial optical fibre transmission to 80gbit s. bt labs demonstrated the world s fastest regenerator a photonic digital network component . 1995 june bt research designed and developed a video on demand service which was trialled in the local area ipswich colchester with 2 500 customers . it used asymmetric data on a subscriber s line asymmetric digital subscriber line over copper cables with a decoder supplied by apple . article on trial 1987 august the world s first instantaneous translation of speech by computer was unveiled by bt s research laboratories . 1982 april europe s first satellite transmission service was launched with adastral park s satellite dishes beaming television signals to the orbital test satellite run by eutelsat allowing finnish and norwegian viewers to receive the english language signals . 1979 september gpo launched prestel the world s first viewdata network . references edit english heritage mow y series y 6507 etc riba kalendar 1964 5 p. 215 external links edit bt technology journal bt group adastral park v t e bt group divisions and subsidiaries current bt business bt consumer bt global services bt wholesale bt research bt ireland bt italia ee dabs.com openreach plusnet former madasafish merged into plusnet hibu formerly yell group manx telecom o2 germany o2 ireland o2 united kingdom ribbit telecomsoft telfort products and services current bt broadband bt infinity bt mobile bt tv bt sport bt sport espn bt wi fi bt mydonate bt home hub bt voyager adsl max defunct telecom gold buildings and facilities current adastral park bt centre bt tower london bt tower birmingham stokenchurch bt tower bt tower swansea charwelton bt tower goonhilly cornwall guardian 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