All Division X articles
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Innovation (R&D)
BT to create unified innovation function as Division X, Etc. combine
Group seeks to “sharpen” connectivity focus and meet evolving customer needs with new innovation team, under the watch of Tom Meakin’s Strategy & Change team. Longstanding Etc. chief Tom Guy leaves the Group, while Business’s Division X joins forces with the ‘startup from within’…
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Weekly Briefings
BTwatch Weekly: healthtech flatlines; real-world network slicing
Latest from BT and its ecosystem as Etc. shutters healthtech and resets EV charging; BT’s Division X marks network slicing milestone; 2G closure prep work begins; and EE learns its ESN vendor peers…
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People
BT Peoplewatch: Wholesale in transition as Business evolves
20+ senior and strategic changes at BT, including: more exits from BT Wholesale; fresh engineering setup at Openreach; architecture leadership moves; and strategic transformation appointments at Group and Business…
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Network & Infrastructure
BT 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 & Infrastructure
UK MNOs remain optimistic on private networks, despite reduced rollouts
BT and Vodafone tell TelcoTitans that the UK’s private network market is getting stronger, despite Ofcom data showing 25% drop in deployments.
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Premium
Elsewhere in BT Business: Division X targets logistics efficiency and warehousing tech
Division X targets logistics efficiency and warehousing tech.
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Interview
Interview: BT's Lisa Perkins on net-zero beyond the low hanging fruit
Director of Adastral Park speaks with TelcoTitans about BT’s sustainability R&D and the challenges of hitting net-zero targets.
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Suppliers & SCM
BT taps scaleup partners for carbon-cutting progress
Reworked Division X names Green Tech Innovation Platform alumnus iOpt an “official supplier”, takes ownership of collaborative platform venture.
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Premium
BT people moves: rebellion fails to depose Kirkby
Potential Jansen replacement and BT Non‑Executive Director Allison Kirkby survives ISS-led rebellion against reappointment.
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Premium
Elsewhere in BT Business: BT immerses itself in 5G and XR
BT immerses itself in 5G and XR; Tollring takes home Wholesale deal.
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Strategy & Change
BT’s Division X repositioned in latest B2B rework
Marc Overton to exit in June as Enterprise “growth engine” Division X gets swallowed by BT Business’s Product function.
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People
Burger brings in Global allies to inaugural BT Business leadership team
CEO Bas Burger confirms top-table of BT’s newly merged £8bn+ B2B division: 25 incumbents and 2 incomers whittled down to an ExCo baker’s dozen.
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Products & Services
BT to launch national LPWA network as IoT rises up priority list
BT Enterprise’s Division X sees IoT services over LPWA network technology as a powerful way to expand commercial relationships and leverage existing BT assets.
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Strategy & Change
Bas Burger to lead BT’s combined enterprise division
Current Global CEO takes BT Business top-spot as Enterprise opposite Rob Shuter steps away from the Group.
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Strategy & Change
BT targets overlap with potential Enterprise–Global merger
BT aims to find efficiencies in B2B divisions as part of wider cost savings.
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People
B2B product boss departs BT
Chief Product & Digital Officer Hriday Ravindranath decides to leave operator after a decade helping drive portfolio development.
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People
BT Enterprise shuffles SoHo, SME leadership
Caroline Southall named SoHo Director; Chris Sims takes SME spot.
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Premium
BT H1 FY22–23 Headlines: growing in some areas, shrinking in others
The usual Consumer and Openreach positives continue to be offset by B2B challenges.
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Elsewhere in BT Enterprise: SoHo put in the spotlight as product portfolio renewed and extended
SoHo put in the spotlight as product portfolio renewed and extended
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BT H1 FY22–23: Glimmers of hope at BT Enterprise
Headline numbers remain largely red, but digital transformation gaining momentum.