All BT Business articles
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch: 10G fibre and 5G slicing go live
Analyst Briefing: Openreach gears up for a ten million-premises XGS-PON rollout; EE puts consumer 5G into the fast lane with network slicing; and the Group’s ongoing legacy OSS cull produces automation and NaaS benefits…
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Products & ServicesBT takes network slicing mainstream with Fast Lane launch
EE becomes the first UK operator to bring network slicing to consumers, creating a test case for the tech as questions remain about customer willingness to pay a premium for the quality-of-service add-on.
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Suppliers & SCMBT serene, Vodafone slumps as UK public spending on telecoms slides
BT remains the dominant supplier to the UK public sector telecoms market, but Tussell research suggests traditional telecoms services are becoming a shrinking component of government technology spending as buyers increasingly prioritise newer digital capabilities.
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PeoplewatchBT Peoplewatch: fibre wind-down, culture overhaul
August 2026 update, including the impact of the FTTP build wind-down, People & Culture overhaul, and a new consumer FWA product lead as BT looks to plug fibre gaps, plus more across Business, Openreach, elsewhere…
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch: fibre dividend emerges, Ofcom bares teeth on promos
Analyst Briefing: stubborn numbers but signs of things to come as BT’s Q1s leave the Group on track for near- and mid-term guidance; Openreach knocked back as Ofcom moves to block pricing change; and TelcoTitans considers the implications for the Group of a new UK Prime Minister…
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Financial & PerformanceBT accelerates job cuts as fibre takes over
Q1 FY26–27 spend: Openreach’s expanding fibre footprint is beginning to support BT Group’s cost-cutting mission, with falling repair volumes, lower energy use, and accelerating labour reductions strengthening management’s route towards its £3.7bn savings target.
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Financial & PerformanceBT remains under pressure with operations improved, but financials unmoved
Q1 FY26–27 in-depth: BT’s first quarter delivered a familiar contradiction as the Group marked operational progress across fibre, customer growth, and portfolio simplification, yet provided little evidence of financial improvement.
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Financial & PerformanceBT guidance: toned down but on track
Q1 FY26–27 guidance: BT resets near- and mid-term forecasts after ‘discontinuing’ hived-off BT International, with the division’s long-time drag meaning its disappearance is barely noticed on the earnings front (more so on revenue). CEO says the Group remains ‘on track’, albeit with a knock this FY.
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Financial & PerformanceBT: CEO Kirkby sets the stage, but payoff still pending
Q1 FY26–27 overview: BT opened its current FY with a solid but unspectacular quarter, as operational progress across Openreach, Consumer, and Business points to improving momentum, but stronger financial benefits are still yet to emerge.
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Financial & PerformanceBT Business emerges from valley, greeted by mountain
Q1 FY26–27: Challenged division posts second successive quarterly revenue growth and enters final year of legacy voice services, escaping the drag that has contributed to a decade of decline. Turnaround far from over, however, as post-PSTN, post-BT International carve-out life nears…
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch: Verizon venture and AI RoI chase
Analyst Briefing: The latest from around BT, including the answer to the Group’s long-pending international B2B question; a £130m NetOps deal in Scotland; and execs lay out the path to AI for revenue and returns, not just cost-cutting. Plus more from EE, Openreach, elsewhere…
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PeoplewatchBT Peoplewatch: UK rivals trade Networks R&D and SMB leaders
July 2026 edition, featuring: the introduction of VM O2’s Catherine Amran to lead BT’s small business segment; networks R&D fellow Maria Cuevas moving the other way; a new BT Mobile product lead being appointed, following the B2C relaunch; and Gavin Patterson picking up another boardroom seat.
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B2BBT taps Ivanti for eSIM deploy-to-device automation
BT’s latest enterprise mobility initiative aims to make connectivity deployment invisible, embedding eSIM activation into device management platforms as part of a broader software-defined connectivity strategy.
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M&ABT and Verizon pair up on $4bn multinational B2B venture
In depth: BT has finally found a partner for its troubled International enterprise business, striking a joint venture agreement with Verizon that could bring an end to years of strategic uncertainty while creating a new global connectivity player focused on multinational customers.
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch: context-aware network mission gets moving
Analyst Briefing: Reza Rahnama has pitched the benefits of BT’s context-aware network ambitions for mission-critical comms; network slicing and L4S in the works as 5G SA the primary focus; EE’s lauded for role in ESN; Openreach lined up to bid on Welsh broadband mega-contracts…
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Network & InfraUK ‘fortunate’ to have BT on board as mission critical comms project nears maturity
CCW 2026: Emergency Services Network (ESN) programme leadership talk up BT’s role in mission critical comms as the operator taps ‘shared benefits’, leans into commercial incentives and avoids ‘excessive’ legislation…
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch: BT gets its AI wings, swoops on enterprise opportunity
Analyst Briefing: CEO Allison Kirkby happy with progress at the Group in the FY, but with the usual room for improvement across all divisions. B2B gets busy with AI, cybersecurity, and MVNOs at the fore; B2C gets mobile; and the ‘transformation’ machine rolls towards another 40,000+ job cuts…
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PeoplewatchBT Peoplewatch: Plusnet chief expands brief as multi-brand strategy makes mark
June 2026 edition: BT taps the banking industry for digital and transformation expertise; the renewed multi-brand strategy prompts pivots at Consumer; Openreach beds in nascent CX division; and a Data & AI vacancy opens up at BT Digital…
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Network & InfraBT joins exclusive telco cohort in Anthropic’s frontier AI security project
Telco is the first UK business to confirm Project Glasswing participation, and the first European telco on the list, gaining early access to a frontier AI model aimed at pre-empting next-gen cyber threats.
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Financial & PerformanceBT boss ‘having fun’ amid transformation challenge, industry noise, global turbulence
FY25–26: CEO Allison Kirkby relishing challenge two years in, claiming progress in place and runway for more through further cost-cutting, a B2B reset, and Consumer momentum leveraging Openreach strengths. Conversion still lacking, but management not short of optimism…