We're delighted to announce we're the new title sponsor of Corona League's cup competition with the tournament now called the BTC Cup.

The 2016/2017 sees a new format with the introduction of a group stage, rather than the previous straight up knock-out format, with three groups of three teams. Group games will be played on the 9th December and the 20th January. The two top placed teams earn a bye for the first knock-out round which will decide who meets them in the semi-finals. The knock-out stage takes place on the 17th February before the semi-finals on the 10th March. The final will take place on the 21st April with all games played at the BAA grounds.

"When we were approached by the Corona League to become the sponsor of the cup we didn't have to give it much thought," explained Chris Wright of BTC. "Like BTC, the league and the cup play such a big part in Bermudian life that is was a natural fit. We're big football fans here, with the annual match against BELCO a real highlight among staff and I know many of them compete in the Corona League and love it. We're looking forward to the next two years, and the small matter of the draw next month which will no doubt result in some interesting matches."

Michael McGrath, secretary of the Corona League said, "It's a real fresh start for the cup as we have an exciting new format as well as a major new sponsor in the form of BTC, who we warmly welcome. We're confident the addition of the group stage will provide more competitive games and excitement for the players and fans. As group stages are good enough for the UEFA Champion's League they're good enough for the BTC Cup!"

The sponsorship of the cup adds to our sports sponsorships which also includes Beat the Couch, the Bermuda Cricket Umpires Association and the u-12 Super Summer Cricket Series who we co-sponsor with Digicel.

DATA NETWORK UPGRADES

BTC is committed to delivering scalable and reliable network connectivity solutions and has scheduled a comprehensive upgrade of BTC’s Data Network core on November 26th, 2016. Applications that require data access network connectivity will experience service interruptions during the scheduled periods of the upgrade. The network upgrade is necessary to enhance the network performance for our Carrier and Enterprise customers. The following upgrade schedule indicates the periods customers will experience service interruptions to their data services

DATA NETWORK UPGRADE SCHEDULE

Location: My Lords Bay Lane, Hamilton Parish Calix Site

Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday November 26th, 2016

BTC has coordinated efforts with Carriers and Internet Service Provide (ISP) partners to restore data network services as soon as the upgrade is completed. Please call 295-1001 to report any service outages that are not restored after the scheduled upgrade times

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.