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    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      BT Group Plc
      BT chief warns Openreach fibre push will ‘end in tears’ for rivals

      Telecoms group’s competitors race to lay fibre networks across UK before incumbent

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      BT’s Openreach reveals plan to cut broadband rates for providers

      Move sparks backlash from alternative fibre networks

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Openreach cutbacks hit expansion of UK ultrafast fibre network

      BT division suspends work on future projects as it seeks savings amid high inflation

    • Saturday, 29 October, 2022
      BT’s Openreach looking at lowering cost of wholesale broadband

      Network which sells to multiple internet service providers faces increasing competition

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      UK Broadband
      UK ‘altnets’ risk digging themselves into a hole

      Overbuilding poses threat to business model of fibre broadband groups challenging the big incumbents

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      InterviewUK Broadband
      BT executive says Brexit is slowing superfast broadband rollout

      Openreach head hits out at ‘tortuous’ process of hiring skilled workers from the EU

    • Sunday, 20 March, 2022
      News in-depthUK Broadband
      ‘Altnets’ take on incumbents in fight for UK fibre broadband customers

      CityFibre’s Milton Keynes rollout highlights how challenger groups are competing with Openreach and Virgin Media O2

    • Sunday, 30 January, 2022
      UK Broadband
      Virgin Media O2 plans fibre joint venture in broadband push

      Challenger to BT wants to roll out new network covering an additional 7m homes

    • Monday, 29 November, 2021
      Helen Thomas
      BT bid hopes look detached from reality

      Shares jumped even though Reliance Industries knocked down talk of bid for UK telecoms company

    • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
      Vodafone Group PLC
      Vodafone widens UK broadband footprint with capacity deals

      Contracts with BT and CityFibre enable Europe’s largest provider to increase its reach across domestic market

    • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
      Virgin Media Ltd
      Virgin Media O2 to upgrade entire UK network to full fibre

      Cable group plans latest upgrade to broadband infrastructure to take on BT and alt-nets

    • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
      Helen Thomas
      BT needs strong chair to handle Altice’s Drahi

      The French-Israeli billionaire has bought a 12 per cent stake and says he is there to help

    • Friday, 4 June, 2021
      Helen Thomas
      How the UK fibre frenzy leaves BT playing defence on broadband

      Money is pouring into fibre forcing established players to accelerate their own plans

    • Thursday, 13 May, 2021
      BT Group Plc
      BT hunts for funding partners in fibre broadband expansion

      Telecoms group plans to reach 25m homes by 2026 at cost of £15bn

    • Thursday, 18 March, 2021
      UK Broadband
      Ofcom paves way for UK’s rapid upgrade to fibre broadband

      Market review will stimulate infrastructure investment, but also trigger price rises

    • Friday, 18 December, 2020
      UK Broadband
      Openreach to create 5,300 jobs next year in broadband fibre push

      BT division the latest UK telecoms company to unveil hiring plans for network upgrades

    • Friday, 11 December, 2020
      BT Group Plc
      BT fined £6m for breaking bidding rules in Northern Ireland

      Regulator Ofcom launched probe after complaint from rival Eir over award of public sector telecoms contract

    • Monday, 5 October, 2020
      UK Broadband
      TalkTalk hits out at BT over delays to deal on ultrafast fibre

      Challenger broadband player warns of hit to competition

    • Friday, 15 May, 2020
      News in-depthBT Group Plc
      Will BT sell the family silver in its hunt for cash?

      With a costly fibre rollout, the telecoms group has held talks with investors about its network plans

    • Friday, 15 May, 2020
      LexUK Broadband
      BT Group: far horizons Premium content

      For those seeking a quick return, with no dividend coming soon, UK company remains a value trap

    • Tuesday, 24 March, 2020
      Broadband users face switching barriers under UK lockdown

      BT Openreach engineers to prioritise ‘essential’ work and avoid unnecessary home visits

    • Wednesday, 18 March, 2020
      LexUK Broadband
      Broadband/home working: inglorious isolation Premium content

      Much of Britain still relies on a cranky local network of copper wires

    • Friday, 14 February, 2020
      News in-depthUK Broadband
      Ultrafast broadband answers Salisbury’s prayers

      Cathedral city has proved a learning curve for Openreach’s engineers

    • Tuesday, 26 November, 2019
      FTfmJohn Ralfe
      BT nationalisation: pension deficit is the easy bit

      The group could make a one-off contribution after selling Openreach to the government 

    • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
      Telecoms
      Labour’s BT plan spooks broadband entrepreneurs

      More than 600 small providers would be affected by nationalisation plan

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