All Openreach articles
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Weekly BriefingsBTwatch Weekly: overseas dealmaking, domestic lobbying
Latest from around BT as Orange and AT&T are reported to be in talks regarding an international asset optimisation deal; UK regulation in focus for Ofcom, Openreach, and its long tail of altnet competitors; 5G SA rolls on; and BT pairs with peers to fulfil PSTN obligations…
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Network & InfrastructureGame of two halves: Ofcom preps for next five years’ fibre investment
Ofcom declares its fibre strategy to date a success, but reiterates it was implemented with a long‑term outlook running at least over the course of the next review period.
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PeopleBT Peoplewatch: ESN team fills out; Openreach names fibre newcomers
Latest strategic and senior changes at BT and Openreach, including a new ESN operations lead; Fibre First swaps; a TOTSCo departure; and overseas changes as BT Business doubles down on the UK…
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Network & InfrastructureCommunity Fibre: don’t fear the overbuild
London altnet CEO Graeme Oxby asserts the presence of fibre competition is a spur for greater adoption, as Community Fibre sees accelerating progress on uptake across its 1.3 million premises footprint.
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Weekly BriefingsBTwatch Weekly: BT’s branding u-turn; EE leads renewed ESN charge
Latest from BT and its ecosystem, including a reversal of BT’s consumer branding strategy; new timelines for the Emergency Services Network migration; and next phase of MAUD testing lined up…
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Weekly BriefingsUK Infrawatch Weekly: Netomnia goes mobile; ESN mobilises; Freedom Fibre walks
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK, including altnet strategies on uptake acceleration; Project Gigabit and SRN updates; altnet and data centre investment plans; people moves, and plenty more…
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Weekly BriefingsBTwatch Weekly: AI, APIs, and the coming 5G wave
Latest from BT as the operator talks up advancements in AI adoption, secures an API collab, and readies for an incoming wave of 5G use-cases; MWC used to talk up the same; Global Fabric goes live; more…
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Strategy & ChangeUK FibreCo Netomnia mobile bolt-on to drive take-up
Top-three fibre challenger targeting inertial BT/EE customer base with segment-first addition of mobile bolt-on. Maverick CEO Jeremy Chelot seeking to break through customer acquisition ceiling, drive up ARPU and retention, chase down Openreach…
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Weekly BriefingsBTwatch Weekly: vendor deals aplenty as BT promotes partners
Latest from BT in a week in which Optiva, RingCentral, Equinix, Cisco, and more are namechecked in expanded or extended deals; Openreach CEO gets on the EV campaign trail; BT wins payout from dismissed class action appeal; more…
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PeopleBT Peoplewatch: B2B shaken up, ExCo slimmed down
20+ senior and strategic changes across the Group, including: Corporate & Brand lead leaves the top team after just six months; Business overhaul continues; VM O2 exec brought in to lead Mobile at EE; more from the Etc. and innovation fall out…
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M&ACityFibre confirms M&A outreach, predicts 2025 acceleration and ‘inflection point’
UK’s largest altnet actively engaging rival FibreCos to discuss rollup deals. Sees M&A as “major opportunity” to up competitive pressure on incumbent Openreach. Read more about financial execution, XGS-PON and Sky amongst defining 2025 aspects after first year of profitability
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Weekly BriefingsBTwatch Weekly: sowing XGS-PON seeds; Group restructure advances
Latest from BT, including a rejigged innovation proposition as Tom Guy exits; sale confirmed for Irish enterprise and wholesale business; divestment reportedly in the works for TNT Sports stake; plus more from Openreach and Nokia, diversity and inclusion commitment changes, and new offices in Scotland…
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Strategy & ChangeBT ‘remains committed’ to diversity despite dropping DEI calculator
BT’s decision to drop the diversity, equity, and inclusion targets from its management bonus scheme comes as the corporate world reassesses the benefits of DEI measures. BT claims to be ready to move on with DEI already embedded, but has it reneged on commitments without first meeting targets?
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Weekly BriefingsBTwatch Weekly: patience required after more mixed results
Latest from BT, including an in-depth look at the Group’s Q3 earnings, the new BT Business CEO, and Openreach’s broadband vulnerability; Ireland divestment confirmed; rural Scotland build rolls on; more…
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Financial & PerformanceBT Q3 Spend: savings on track thanks to job cuts, network upgrades
Q3 FY24–25: Efficiencies delivered through headcount cull and fibre migrations, with BT on track to hit financial savings targets…
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Financial & PerformanceBT Q3 In-depth: talk is good, but seeing will be believing
Q3 FY24–25: CEO Allison Kirkby remains optimistic about FY despite shaky Q3, but goalpost-moving last quarter left expectations low. The headlines are much the same: Consumer’s woe; Business’s rebirth; Openreach’s fibre charge. While the latter is still BT’s source of good news, there are awkward questions over each of the Group’s CFUs…
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Financial & PerformanceBT Q3 Highlights: is the tanker beginning to turn?
Q3 FY24–25: 12-months in and CEO Allison Kirkby continues to impose herself on the Group with yet more executive changes, but the needle on KPIs has scarcely twitched. Management remains optimistic about prospects at Consumer and Openreach, but latest Business reboot smacks of overseas defeat, as Q3 trading update builds on now-familiar ‘wait and see’ mantra…
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Financial & PerformanceIn 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.
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InterviewCityFibre sees commercial promise, ‘moral obligation’ in Project Gigabit
CityFibre’s public sector lead Andy Nash talks to TelcoTitans on the altnet’s emergence as a strategic government supplier for Project Gigabit, answering “the big exam question” on going beyond initial goals, and the moral duty of delivering rural connectivity…
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Weekly BriefingsBTwatch Weekly: collaboration key to Group’s innovation, transformation
Latest from BT and its ecosystem, including a call for quantum collaboration; EY, Pega tie-up on SMB channel transformation; legacy migration progress; and Q3 trading update build up…