All BT Group articles – Page 12
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PeopleBT Peoplewatch: data, AI, cybersec, Adastral in the spotlight
March 2024 update: high-profile moves include data and AI changes at Digital and Etc., finance leadership swaps in India, new Data Services CTO and cybersec alliances lead at Business; inaugural Fellows and Adastral reset within Tech…
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Weekly BriefingsBTwatch Weekly: Adastral refocused as Networks domain; One Touch Switch Glitch; Biz boosters…
Latest from BT ecosystem: reassurance that R&D hub remains critical to Group operations; slammed again over One Touch Switch delays; Broadpeak, Sprinklr join roster; Business boasts renewal; and much more…
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Strategy & ChangeAdastral Park: BT R&D hub shifts leadership, strategy as Networks takes precedence
Suffolk network, technology, and research campus being moved under wing of lead tenant Networks, said to reflect evolving strategy under CSNO Howard Watson and CNO Greg McCall. Adastral has been undergoing changes, but BT assures it remains ‘critical’…
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Content & TVBT teams with Broadpeak to bring MAUD to life
France-based Broadpeak provides tech components that will underpin BT’s live video streaming network architecture.
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Public AffairsNetomnia: UK’s One Touch Switch ‘hijacked’ by BT, VM O2 as scheme delayed again
Altnet CEO Jeremy Chelot tells TelcoTitans that the UK’s One Touch Switching hub is unviable under current governance, with BT and Virgin Media said to be dragging feet and over-complicating proceedings. A new date has been set, but concerns remain. The alternative? ‘I’ve built it, and it took me three weeks’…
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EventwatchAWS: the buzz at MWC is the sound of getting things done
Another full-on Mobile World Congress proved itself to be about far more than just talk as we saw operators and their partners coming together with exciting proofs that the sector is ready to reap the benefits of all the intense network and ecosystem investment. Generative AI was a bright thread ...
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EventwatchSpecial Report: AWS telco commitment takes generative AI up a level at MWC
TelcoTitans explores the backdrop and impact of Amazon Web Services at Mobile World Congress 2024, where the dynamically different event presented a microcosm of the new telco industry. Featuring insight from senior AWS figures on critical new technologies, the cloud platform giant is setting out its stall to support the sector as it crosses into its techco future…
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Network & InfrastructureUK gov pledges satcomms R&D investment for ultra-rural homes
Spring Budget adds £160m to LEO connectivity funding pot days after warnings that UK SatCos require fresh funding to stay afloat. BT, Vodafone, VM O2 have named their partners, and early trials are beginning to emerge…
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M&ACellnex chases VM O2-Vodafone UK infra-sharing renewal to reassure investors
Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone in ‘advanced’ talks with Cellnex, amidst consolidation uncertainty. Cellnex sees ‘positives’ and ‘some challenges’ in European M&A spectre. Learn more from the InfraCo major’s latest Capital Markets Day…
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Weekly BriefingsBTwatch Weekly: BT plays long game on 5G SA, enterprise multi-cloud ramps up
Latest from BT and its ecosystem, including an exclusive interview with Business CTO Colin Bannon as the division sets about promoting its multi-cloud Global Fabric platform; Group CTSO Howard Watson tempers 5G SA expectations but sets vague timeframe; more from Openreach, Consumer, elsewhere…
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InterviewBT Business ‘builds like fury’ to stitch Global Fabric together
CTO Colin Bannon tells TelcoTitans why the Group’s new platform is a “generational shift” in technology that required BT to ‘rip up old blueprints’. BT intends to take centre stage in a multi-cloud world, with partners in tow and customers lined up…
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Network & InfrastructureBT’s Watson teases 5G SA ‘this year’, but willing to wait to get it right
MWC: Chief Security & Networks Officer Howard Watson is eyeing a 5G SA launch later in 2024, as the “green shoots” of enterprise use-cases begin to emerge. Meanwhile Watson set out the final steps to take on the Huawei replacement programme…
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Weekly BriefingsBTwatch Weekly: Allera hunts relevance, networks evolve, iconic Tower falls
Latest from BT and its ecosystem as MWC takes hold of the industry and Consumer chief Marc Allera takes advantage to lay out plans for EE relevance, resonance; back home BT checks out of Tower and flicks NB-IoT switch; more from Digital, Networks, Openreach, elsewhere…
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PeopleEx-BT CEO Patterson takes board seat at altnet aggregator X3T
Interconnect platform operator X3T bolsters board with UK telecoms hall-of-famers Gavin Patterson and O2 UK’s Derek McManus.
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Consumer (B2C)BT’s Marc Allera: putting relationships first as operators strive for ‘resonance and relevance’
MWC: BT Consumer CEO lays out focus on building a “relevant” EE brand that prioritises connectivity-adjacent services, before leveraging BT’s network strengths once relationships are built.
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InterviewFibrus preps off-net retail expansion, asserts leadership in own footprint
CEO interview: having achieved FTTP leadership and segment-topping KPIs within own fibre footprint, altnet now challenging traditional incumbents on own turf. Northern Ireland a case study in high-penetration and how hyperlocal majorly disrupts network, ISP status quo…
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Network & InfrastructureVirgin Media O2 takes second place in UK’s 5G SA race
Operator launches 5G standalone commercial offering for customers in 14 locations, aiming to deliver higher bandwidth and lower latencies.
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Network & InfrastructureBT launches NB-IoT network for smart cities, connected farms
Narrowband IoT network runs on EE 4G network, targeting use cases for low-power devices with low data demand.
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Network & InfrastructureUK’s £1bn 4G ‘not spot’ programme slammed by national auditor; ‘5G SA for all’ doubts
Behind schedule Shared Rural Network a mess but not quite a fail, and another example of government mismanagement. Ofcom slapped for unfit-for-purpose market definition and data. MNOs on hook for cost overruns, and better updates…
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Strategy & ChangeMCR becomes BT Tower custodian in £275m hotel makeover
Iconic London landmark set for radical change of use in hands of experiential hotel operator MCR.