British Telecom, known now as BT, has one of the largest intranets in the world with millions of pages, and 2000 publishers.

BT Intranet case study - Web Access Centre is a very good case study, from the Royal Institute of Blind People (RNIB) of all places, that provides some detail on the intranet with a particular focus on its web accessibility and its “accessibility checker” tool.

"BT’s intranet was launched in 1994 as a cost-saving initiative aimed at reducing the amount of paper and printing in the organisation. Eight years later it is a success story with BT now largely a paperless company managing over 200 processes on-line. Additionally, it has resulted in a huge improvement in BT’s communication capability, positioning it at the cutting edge of information and communication technology. And it has also engaged BT people, making them more efficient, effective and empowered – characteristics that are in line with BT’s overall strategy.

With one of the largest intranets in Europe with millions of pages to be checked by Websight and over 2,000 publishers, it is a case of BT continuing to educate and communicate the benefits of accessibility as well as individual responsibilities to the publishing community."

 Read the full case study BT Intranet case study - Web Access Centre on the RNIB website.

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