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Digital ReportsBTwatch Report #340 – December 2022
Key stories include: H1: progress despite macro pressures | Unions secure Jansen’s handsake | Networks rework off to rocky start | ‘New EE’ to target new verticals | EV transition hits speedbumps
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InterviewInterview: BT Chief Researcher John Davies on realising the robotics revolution
Davies speaks to TelcoTitans about the operator’s Robot Highways project and the place of robotics in addressing employment shortages.
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Network & InfrastructureBT faces up to threats with ‘nation state-level’ security force
Group’s ESG agenda hinged on building trust, ensuring network security, and translating this into commercial advantage.
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Public AffairsBT and CWU look to bury the hatchet with “cost-of-living pay rise”
From 1 January 2023, all BT workers in the UK earning less than £50,000 a year will receive pay rise of £1,500.
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Strategy & ChangeBT targets overlap with potential Enterprise–Global merger
BT aims to find efficiencies in B2B divisions as part of wider cost savings.
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PeopleB2B product boss departs BT
Chief Product & Digital Officer Hriday Ravindranath decides to leave operator after a decade helping drive portfolio development.
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PremiumBT people moves: architects and service leads brought in at Networks
John Morgan appointed BT Enterprise Finance Director after stint as interim Corporate & Public Sector Finance Director at Enterprise.
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Network & InfrastructureOpenreach’s Selley: FTTP ‘not slowing down’ as connections become priority
Openreach prioritising net adds over premises passed as primary KPI for full-fibre rollout programme.
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Innovation (R&D)BT opens Digital Industries Innovation Hub at Adastral Park
Newly launched hub hoped to support innovation and collaboration with technology partners, industry bodies, and academia.
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Partnerships & AlliancesCOPTRZ training will see BT drones take flight
Drone solutions provider will train BT staff in drone piloting.
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Network & InfrastructureOpenreach reworks fibre building contracts for better “bang for its buck”
Reports suggest renewed focus on near-term project completion at expense of long-term supplier contracts.
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M&ABT’s Allera backs Vodafone–Three merger
Marc Allera says arguments against consolidation are “out of touch with the reality today”.
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PeopleBT Enterprise shuffles SoHo, SME leadership
Caroline Southall named SoHo Director; Chris Sims takes SME spot.
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OperationsOpenreach tentative on 2030 target for EV transition
Head of Sustainability Abby Chicken unpacks struggles with EV infrastructure and affordability.
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PremiumBT H1 FY22–23 Headlines: growing in some areas, shrinking in others
The usual Consumer and Openreach positives continue to be offset by B2B challenges.
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PremiumBT H1 FY22–23 Spend: infra ambition not enough to convince investors
No such thing as a free network: investment needed to beat competition.
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PremiumBT H1 FY22–23 Guidance: BT Sport and full fibre make an impact
Pro forma amendments to Group figures but outlook remains rosy.
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PremiumH1 FY22–23: Openreach all about FTTP connections now
Fibre rollout continues at record rate, as focus shifts to customer uptake.
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Global: Cisco recognises Global managed services
Cisco recognises Global managed services
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PremiumElsewhere in Openreach: Openreach joins fibre H&S body as founding member
Openreach joins fibre H&S body as founding member