Release Date: 19th February 2010

BT Back in the High Street in Ballymena

BT today unveiled its latest exciting new store in the Fairhill Shopping Centre, offering customers in the Ballymena area a unique and innovative shopping experience.

The arrival of the BT shop will bring many benefits as it allows shoppers to check out the latest special offers, and experience first-hand the wide range of great value products and services BT has to offer, including broadband, calls packages, digital TV and much more.

Peter Morris, Consumer Director, BT, commented, 'Since the opening of our BT stores in Belfast's Castlecourt Shopping Centre and Derry's Richmond Centre, we have received great feedback from both customers and our own teams. Shoppers find the face to face contact and in store demonstrations really useful and, based on customer feedback, Ballymena was the natural choice of location for our latest store.'

'The Ballymena area is very important for BT and forms a significant part of our continuing development. We want to provide all of our customers in the area with a high level of service and offer them a range of innovative products to help make the most of home communications.'

The shop, which is unique to BT, has been designed specifically to demonstrate a wide range of BT products and services, and in addition, provides an opportunity for customers to discuss their own existing service, or individual requirements, in a relaxed environment.

Having a presence in the Fairhill Shopping centre is just one of the many ways that BT is interacting with its existing and prospective customer base in the area. Through real time online help, telephone support, and face to face contact, BT customers can be sure they will receive a high level of easily accessible support across a wide range of broadband, phone and television products.

'We are delighted to now have a presence in Ballymena and already customer feedback has been very encouraging. Customers visiting the stand will be able to experience BT Vision, our exciting digital TV package, hear about our special broadband launch offers, home phone call packages and much more through customer demonstrations. Customer satisfaction is at the forefront of all of our activity and the new local BT team at Fairhill is looking forward to meeting and engaging with customers on a one to one basis,' explains Peter Morris.

The shop, which is located in the main mall of the shopping centre, has been created to meet customer demand and provide local access to the wide range of products and information across the BT brand.