All BT Italia (Italy) articles
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Strategy & ChangeBT Radianz is latest B2B unit to be put up for sale — report
Group reported to be looking for buyers for financial services unit in latest move to slim down, cut back.
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Weekly BriefingsBTwatch Weekly: gov’t reforms required as Openreach seeks fibre residencies
Latest from BT and its ecosystem as the Group makes fixed network demands, rolls out next-gen mobile, and works to surrender international outposts. More from Connected Britain, Secure Tomorrow Festival, and elsewhere in a busy week for BT, EE, and Openreach…
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Weekly BriefingsBTwatch Weekly: moving beyond the hype with 5G SA and GenAI
Latest from BT and its ecosystem, including 5G SA R&D advancements with Nokia and Qualcomm; an honest assessment of the challenges inherent with GenAI adoption at scale; and a potential asset offload in Europe…
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Financial & PerformanceBT Business gets UK exceptionalism vibe, with Global ops on chopping block
New CEO Allison Kirkby mulls further ‘optimisation’ opportunities in latest bid to turn around long-beleaguered B2B activities. Much-lauded new network-as-a-service proposition Global Fabric may be retained as partner play. Domestic rump not obviously a better bet, however…
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PremiumMacquarie makes bid for TIM’s fixed infra, state backing sweetens deal
Macquarie partners state lender CDP for latest offer on TIM’s fixed network infrastructure.
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PeopleEx-BT Global chief takes consultancy presidency
One-time BT Global Chief Executive Luis Álvarez Satorre appointed EMEA President at tech consultancy NEORIS.
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Public AffairsPwC fined for BT Italia fraud case
Auditor handed £1.75m fine for lack of “professional scepticism” relating to BT’s Italian operations.
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M&ABT Italia offloads SAP services subsidiary
BT Global continues ‘global not national’ streamlining programme with the sale of Italian IT outsourcing outfit ERPTech. €4m+ deal leaves Italia lightweight but focused.
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Global: Arqit relationship bolstered
Arqit’s BT relationship bolstered with FQS sign-up; BT Global takes US government contract.
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M&ABT retreats in Italy as court date looms
TIM snaffles SME and public sector accounts business, but BT maintaining a presence for large enterprises as well as multinationals. Taint of accounting scandal lingers, with former Global executives set for trial in 2021.
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Public AffairsBT Italia accounting scandal to court, as Group retreats
Court of Milan fixes trial date in 2021. 20 defendants in the dock, including two former senior BT execs. Alvarez spared. Patterson concedes BT was an absent parent. TIM snaffling SME and public sector accounts, but BT retaining MNC presence and local assets.
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Enterprise (B2B)BT completes sale of Latin America assets
New company Sencinet to operate BT network assets. With Sencinet partnership, BT keeps a presence in the region. What’s next in Global asset offload?
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PeopleBT job was “brutal” says ex-CEO Patterson
Former CEO claims he did not feel criticism towards end of BT tenure. Prefers ‘can-do’ mindset of Silicon Valley. BT decision making presented as paper-based and sluggish by comparison.
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M&ABT Global finalises French offload to Computacenter
Asset-light playbook repeated. BT to continue serving MNCs and retain local SoC.
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PremiumBT Global people moves: Ex-BT Italia CFO heads Stateside
Former BT Italia CFO Garry Wardle heads Stateside with Americas promotion and new key vertical remit. Rosanne Moreland to lead Openreach’s Scottish full-fibre rollout.
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Financial & PerformanceSAP called in as BT addresses “material weakness” in reporting
Ongoing inadequacies in financial controls have resulted in BT submitting its consolidated accounts with caveats. IT system weaknesses, and insufficiently robust review of elements of financial information are the source of concerns. Governance and compliance solutions from SAP have been flagged as supporting greater resilience for the Group’s future ...
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PremiumBT keeps Spanish foothold
While BT España has been offloaded, evidence of a new BT presence confirmed stated intentions to continue serving multinationals operating in the country.
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PremiumBT offloads local operations in Latin America, France
Global unit looks for sharper focus on multinational enterprises while lightening infrastructure load. BT Enterprise confirms Tikit sale to Advanced.
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PremiumBT Italia faces court hearing
BT Italia faced a preliminary hearing at the court of Milan on 9 December 2019, according to reports.
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OperationsBT Group scales new peaks with IT transformation expedition
The Da Vinci project is putting human-centric design at the core of BT’s IT approach, requiring a fundamental change in outlook for the telco. Higham’s programme helping BT cut IT costs by nearly 40%, while improving internal perceptions of the Group’s IT function through new services. Da Vinci approach ...