BT Technology
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in BT Technology: open source on the wishlist
Calls for greater open source collaboration, BT breaking technology silos with ‘ speed-dating ’, persistent Emotet threat flagged.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT deepens Bristol University research ties
BT Group continues to cement ties with UK universities. Quantum research highlighted as focus, with QKD developments on the horizon.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Openreach: innovation in the crosshairs
Openreach targets innovation, Vodafone launches gigabit services, superfast stymied by capacity gap.
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Innovation (R&D)
Double dose of reality for BT in Glasgow R&D link-up
Controlling football crowds and helping train technical staff among 5G-based applications being looked at in AR/VR tie-up with University of Glasgow.
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Network & Infrastructure
BT customer quantum trial underway using commercial product
BT highlights ability to plug QKD into OSA Filter Connect , a commercial WDM-based product provided by Openreach. Extensive commercial deployment of QKD in BT’s metro and core networks still at least five years away, however.
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Innovation (R&D)
BT’s Adastral Park testing use-cases for EU’s 5G-VINNI project
Project tests 5G for agile media production in broadcasting. BT’s Adastral Park is a main test facility for EU-funded 5G-VINNI project.
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Analysis
Elsewhere in Openreach: FTTP progress trumpeted
Fibre rolls past three million; weather and robbers cause disruption; fleet goes electric.
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Analysis
Elsewhere in BT Tech: BT puts willingness to tackle legacy in writing
BT signs TM Forum’s Open API and Open Digital Architecture Manifesto.
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Operations
Glasgow and Dundee protected from office closures: BT
Ten cities now confirmed as locations BT plans to retain — although EE’s Hatfield base not yet on list.
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Innovation (R&D)
BT opens DigiTech doors
BT and longstanding partner the University of Suffolk launched the DigiTech Centre, to train 145 apprentices and 500 students.
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Financial & Performance
BT FY19–20: Looking on the bright side with new transformation plan
A new five‑year plan, building on the transformation programme introduced in May 2018 was heralded by the Group.
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Analysis
BTwatch roundup — June 2020
Key news from the past month from across BT and Openreach: Updated NCSC guidance welcomed by BT; European telcos join COVID track-and-trace effort; Consumer faces coronavirus response kickback; Enterprise gets HMRC contract.
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Innovation (R&D)
BT preps AR early warning system for engineers
COVID‑19 attacks heightening focus on engineer safety.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telcos see more cooperative post-crisis industry
Home‑working creating a permanent new need for stronger networks covering the UK’s homes, and potential for collaboration to deliver it. Industry cooperation seen as having played a key role in the robust management of changing demands on national infrastructure sparked by lockdown.
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Network & Infrastructure
BT inks outsourcing deal with IBM
Group outsources mainframe service management.
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Analysis
BTwatch roundup - May 2020
Coronavirus response takes shape across all Group entities. BT Consumer takes steps towards splitting with Carphone Warehouse following O2 UK’s recent withdrawal. Openreach boosts East Mids broadband to support home working.
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Network & Infrastructure
Public sector must upgrade legacy kit, BT warns
BT warned public sector customers to upgrade legacy analogue kit before support is pulled in March 2020.
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Public Affairs
Labour promises nationalised free broadband for all — BTwatch’s first take
Considerable speculation and debate on the future of UK communications infrastructure and the sector was sparked by a new Labour Party policy. In its Manifesto for the upcoming UK General Election , Labour is committing to the nationalisation of major elements of BT Group that relate to ...
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Venturing & Investments
BT, TIP and Facebook launch third annual startup competition
BT Group, the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), and Facebook launched their third annual competition for startups in telecom infrastructure to join the UK’s TIP Ecosystem Acceleration Centre (TEAC), based at BT Labs in Adastral Park, Suffolk and Tech City in London.
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Suppliers & SCM
Sutton provides technology‑focused update on BT Group’s 5G progress
BT’s Andy Sutton provided a deeply technology‑focused update on the Group’s progress along the path to 5G.
