In depth: Openreach line losses accelerate, fibre gaps widen as strategic vulnerability
Q3 FY24–25: BT’s wholesale division again reports strong financials and record fibre build, but a deeper look reveals a worrying trend of accelerating line losses. This analysis delves into the implications of altnet and Project Gigabit competition, eroding historic market dominance.
This article includes:
- Events: BT Group Q3 FY24–25 financial results and briefing.
- Geographic: Northern Ireland; UK; Wales.
- Organisations: BDUK, BT Group; CityFibre; Community Fibre; BT Consumer division; Eight Advisory; Fibrus; Infracapital (M&G); Netomnia/Brsk; nexfibre; Ogi; Openreach; Sky; TalkTalk; TelcoTitans; ThinkBroadband; BT UK Business division; Virgin Media O2 (VM O2); Vodafone.
- People: Jeremy Chelot.
- Themes: All IP; Broadband line losses; Copper exodus; EBITDA; FTTP (Fibre-to-the-Premises, FTTH); Fibre build; Fibre gaps; Fibre penetration; Full fibre; Infrastructure investment; Project Gigabit rollout; Revenue performance; Strategic vulnerability; Superfast infrastructure; Wholesale CFU (customer facing unit).
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