All BTwatch articles
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #357 - August 2024
Key stories include: Q1: year gets off to “solid” start | Bharti in for Altice as BT shareholder | Data clean-up required for AI model | EE lined up for major ESN contract | Openreach fibre machine on the move
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #356 - July 2024
Key stories include: Slim joins as BT investor | BT holds firm against Vodafone-Three | AI buying bots on the agenda | ‘Platform thinking’ front and centre | PIA overhaul in the works
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #355 - June 2024
Key stories include: FY23-24: Kirkby redraws roadmap | BT issues R&D policy plea | All-IP migration delayed again | B2B: Global let loose | Openreach plans rural fibre expansion
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #354 - May 2024
Key stories include: BT network sharing trips ip Vf3 | Transformation in focus for boardroom swaps | McCall touts B2B potential for 5G | Openreach hits 30m, fends off altnets | 25G/50G made to wait
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #353 - April 2024
Key stories include: Watson calls for investor patients | Ireland sale back on the cards | Adastral Park prioritises Networks | Allera seeks relevance, resonance | BT redraws Local Business map
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #352 - February 2024
Key stories include: Q3: no drama as Jansen exits | Kirkby enters the BT dugout | BT on the docket for class action | BT employs AI-assisted code | Openreach plays challenger in island duel
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #351 - January 2024
Key stories include: Pricing strategy overhaul | BT calls for spectrum rethink | Starlink in for rural network testing | Quantum momentum builds | Group expects MPN traction
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #350 - December 2023
Key stories include: H1: Jansen bows out | Pourrat welcomes ‘culture of risk’ | Consumer on convergence hunt | Business braced for short-term pain | Openreach ‘cracks the code’ on fibre
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #349 - November 2023
Key stories include: Kirkby promotes connectivity-first strategy | AI accelerates BT transformation | Allera unveils revamped EE | Business aims to do less, better | BT drone plans take flight
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Interview
CEO Interview: CityFibre on M&A watch, competition bottlenecks, BT economic rationale questioned
‘BT’ called out for obstinate, irrational, anti-competitive behaviour that penalises own shareholders — needs to prioritise copper shutdown to deliver fibre payback, and start serving consumers outside Openreach footprint. Also CityFibre’s M&A tracking/ranking and NetCo purism, big-3 ISP lockout, regulator told to keep sharp, and more…
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #348 - September 2023
Key stories include: State infra projects slated | BT back on EU Horizon | New EE enters Orbit | Collaboration driving green momentum | All-IP migration kicks on
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #347 - August 2023
Key stories include: Q1: Jansen lays platform for growth | Kirkby named next CEO | Altice trouble nears BT shores | Höttges gives BT a year | Openreach regains fibre
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #346 - July 2023
Key stories include: BT prepares for Jansen exit | German takeover rumours emerge | Adastral Park cuts confirmed | Allera opens EE studio | Openreach misses Ofcom targets
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #345 - June 2023
Key stories include: Jansen talks tough but delays ambition | Drahi builds BT stake | Division X under new management | Equinox 2 earns approval | Openreach explores public EV infra
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #344 - May 2023
Key stories include: Burger names Business team | BT chooses FM partners | BT targets critical quantum role | Allera warns of AI danger | Equinox 2 controversy rolls on
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #343 – April 2023
Key stories include: BT welcomes Budget support | Allera adds to fair share debate | Mehta calls for more AI | BT expands AWS ties | Equinox 2 put on ice
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Premium
BT calls for flexibility as operators up fair share pressure
Major operators united in demanding a more telco‑friendly regulatory framework for the European Union, while still trumpeting growing commercial alliances with US Big Tech.
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #342 – March 2023
Key stories include: Q3: no frills but steady progress | BT warns of investment cliff edge | Buying rejig brings in savings | Jansen stands by price hikes | Equinox earns Ofcom backing
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #341 – February 2023
Key stories include: BT blunders B2B together | Kyndryl backs IT refresh | Critics call out consumer price hikes | German networks offloaded | Openreach unveils new pricing model
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Digital Reports
BTwatch Report #340 – December 2022
Key stories include: H1: progress despite macro pressures | Unions secure Jansen’s handsake | Networks rework off to rocky start | ‘New EE’ to target new verticals | EV transition hits speedbumps