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BT people moves: healthcare lead Risse heads to Genesys
Nadja Risse, Global’s Director for Healthcare & Life Sciences, leaves for BT partner Genesys.
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Strategy & Change
BT shoots for space strength with new partners
Group’s space strategy adds Lacuna and CGI to partners list.
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Products & Services
BT partners Equinix for next-gen multi-cloud launch
Connected Cloud Edge extends BT’s network into 13 carrier-neutral facilities.
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BT people moves: Division X and Digital target startup growth
Division X names market development lead; Digital brings in startup partnership specialist.
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BT, Palo Alto Networks launch managed SASE
New product incorporates Prisma SASE and Prisma SD-WAN from the security specialist.
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Elsewhere in BT Global: Global office opened in Madrid
Global commits to Spain; extends Relined partnership on Dutch network; QiO brought in for AI edge compute innovation.
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BT Q4 FY21–22: Global remains in transition
Division’s sales and profit continue to slide rapidly. Difficult macro environment blamed, along with digital shift that Global remains in process of getting a handle on. Management reassures over progress on product portfolio revamp.
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BT reforms enterprise strategy with brand overhaul
Rob Shuter continues efforts to turn around fortunes of BT Enterprise.
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BT Q4 FY21–22 Guidance: Jansen stands defiant
Macro pressures to have an inevitable impact, but not all doom and gloom for BT forecasts.
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BT Q4 FY21–22 Headlines: off-target but moving forward
Enterprise and Global continue to drag, Openreach unencumbered.
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Suppliers & SCM
Arqit excited by prospects despite controversial report
BT-partnered quantum encryption startup’s share price remains sharply down following savage WSJ article.
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Financial & Performance
BT Q4 FY21–22: foundations in place, but cracks widening
Typically rosy Openreach figures relied on heavily for positive spin to results mixed bag.
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BT people moves: Gastey leads Global Manufacturing
José Gastey named MD for new Global Manufacturing function, combining several industry verticals. BT’s divisional General Counsels swapped as Canham exits, Beckenbridge pivots, and Langlands moves. Better Workplace management tweaked as fit-out contracts awarded.
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Jalil echoes Mehta mantra of moving fast, breaking things
Global CIO flags digital transformation for multinational customers as priority. BT moving from network-centric products and connectivity to cloud-based platform solutions. Working closely with Mehta to adapt BT culture and “attract a new generation of tech talent”.
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EU backlash over BT nod to manage TESTA
EU-headquartered telcos reportedly up in arms over Commission’s preference for BT to manage pan-European backbone network for exchange of sensitive data. EC suspends signature of £1bn TESTA framework contract pending review of concerns raised.
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Elsewhere in BT Global: BT still in with Russia’s Rostelecom
Industry’s Russian withdrawal not so easy for Global as Rostelecom relationship remains; Diamond IP offloaded.
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Public Affairs
OneWeb cancels satellite launches on Russian rockets
Fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hits satellite comms operator. Decision could delay service launch and have knock-on effect on distribution partner BT’s rural coverage vision.
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Products & Services
BT taps Cradlepoint for 5G FWA rollout
FWA solution goes live in 33 countries. Ericsson-owned Cradlepoint acts as ‘key equipment partner’ in bringing the product to market. BT aims to support hybrid networking models.
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Marketing
BT recalibrates ad strategy with in-house reshuffle
Operator joining up ad capabilities across Consumer, Enterprise, and Global. Establishes new Media Centre of Excellence to share learnings.