All articles by BTwatch – Page 13
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Elsewhere in BT Consumer: Northern Irish retail gets a boost
BT builds out high street presence in NI; EE dawdles in Ofcom’s automatic compensation scheme.
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BTwatch Report #317 – November 2020
Key stories include: Transformation drives opex down | Dublin Hub for ProcureCo | Ericsson now also RAN | Convergence IT challenge | BT links with Alibaba
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Elsewhere in BT Enterprise: Qualcomm gets 5G praise
Qualcomm 5G access role praised, Wholesale gets Gigabit-ready.
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Elsewhere in Openreach: engineers honoured, Welsh targets in sight
Engineers honoured with MBEs; fibre expansions trumpeted in Scotland and Wales; and PSTN switch-off trudges on.
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Elsewhere 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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Elsewhere in BT Group: Swantee eyes wholesale customers
Swantee eyes BT wholesale customers, Pourrat urges EV grants, Group supports new employee saving scheme.
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BTwatch Report #316 – October 2020
Key stories include: Nokia new number-one | Quantum put into action | EE backs SMEs | BT and Microshare laud LoRa | New civil partnerships for Fibre Cities
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Elsewhere in BT Consumer: BT TV loses Disney, BT Sport battles lockdown
BT Sport offers helping hand to closed Scottish pubs; Disney’s strategy shift makes impact for BT TV customers; Allera says Apple’s entrance to the 5G device market has huge potential.
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Elsewhere in Openreach: innovation in the crosshairs
Openreach targets innovation, Vodafone launches gigabit services, superfast stymied by capacity gap.
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Elsewhere in BT Global: McAfee flags BT role
Financial services business grows, US military renews contracts, McAfee flags BT role.
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Elsewhere in BT Consumer: Carphone exited, finally
Carphone dumped, BT Mobile abandons premium services, BT Sport adds OTT interoperability
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Elsewhere in BT Technology: Watson calls for sustainability fix
BT’s Watson makes a call-to-action over wireless industry’s energy usage, saying power-hungry mobile networks need a sustainability “fix”.
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Elsewhere in BT Group: SEC exit nears
BT backing off office space rental plans, SEC exit nears, rival TalkTalk set to de-list.
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BTwatch Report #315 – August-September 2020
Key stories include: Fibre investment rising through crisis | BT TV: a tale of two UIs | Sharp Shuter at Enterprise | Symantec out at BT Security | NI market profile
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Green sees ‘correction’ in TV sports rights prices
BT is attempting to turn down the heat on expectations for broadcast sport auctions in a market that has already seen signs of cooling.
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BT TV: A tale of two UIs
The evolution of BT TV reflects a BT journey from an outward-looking “buy” approach to new technology, to a more self-reliant “build” mindset. Divisional BT architects said to have re-focused on project delivery, with strategically-minded enterprise architects taking a Group-wide perspective.
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BT takes charge of 5G factory floor
BT collaborates with Worcestershire 5G (W5G) testbed and Ericsson to install ‘live’ 5G factory. Runs and manages private 5G network for Worcester Bosch. Takes technology lead at W5G to accelerate UK adoption of smart-manufacturing.
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Guidance: what’s the worst that can happen?
Outlook on revenue and EBITDA implies little good news for rest of FY20–21. Earnings growth anticipated in FY21–22, as regulatory headwinds fade and efficiency gains come into play.
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Divisional highlights: the value of fibre
Management ready to look at ways to bring out the value of BT’s emerging fibre infrastructure. Beyond the current crisis and recession fears, BT Global advancing down the path to recovery. Sudden freeze of live events underlines the importance of BT Sport to Consumer division financial performance.
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Numbers: no sport and shut businesses take their toll
While whole Group faces headwinds, Consumer and Enterprise take the brunt of COVID-19 impact. The “usual” working capital payments on top of slumping earnings result in negative cash flow for the quarter.