All articles by BTwatch – Page 16
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PremiumBT Global people moves: Ex-BT Italia CFO heads Stateside
Former BT Italia CFO Garry Wardle heads Stateside with Americas promotion and new key vertical remit. Rosanne Moreland to lead Openreach’s Scottish full-fibre rollout.
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PremiumBT Group, Consumer & Enterprise moves: Ellerton steps away; Murphy named General Counsel
Consumer gets new Marketing Director from Telenor Sweden.
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Enterprise: ContactEngine partnership gets praise
Innovation leader Millard stresses enthusiasm for automation and digitisation in customer support.
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PremiumNokia brought in for ESN air cover
Home Office clears way for trial of network add-on for airborne emergency workers, although evidently wary of technical issues that have soured broader programme.
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OperationsGlasgow 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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PremiumElsewhere in Openreach: Competitive action seen at both superfast and ultrafast levels
Sky makes progress on its FTTP launch; Altnet blames Openreach for failings; and Yorkshire superfast procurement process opens.
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Suppliers & SCMBT eagerly anticipates Nokia cloud revamp
Nokia is targeting cloud service providers with new kit promising automated, scalable cloud service development via a new NetOps toolbox.
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PremiumOfcom go ahead for Openreach race to switch off copper
Ofcom provides a degree of clarity on Openreach’s obligations ahead of relaxation of regulation, once fibre covers an exchange. However, a wait-and-see approach on determining what will constitute a fully fibre-enabled exchange means Openreach is stepping on the accelerator at its own risk.
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Products & ServicesBT wants to be the Deliveroo of broadband
Group gets “re-imaginative” and fancies that AI can help it drastically reduce the wait customers face for broadband services. Exec admits current lag for broadband set up is “unacceptable”.
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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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Network & InfrastructureScottish rural 4G scheme on pause
Government says limited work will resume, post shutdown, “in the coming weeks”.
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Enterprise (B2B)BT defends role in poor-value NI land registry project
Audit Office critical of Department for Finance in failing to deliver taxpayer value from Land Registry contract, and for not securing sufficient transparency on BT’s slice of the income.
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PremiumBT Global people movements, June 2020
Changes across BT Security include a new Head of Voice and Sales Director.
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PremiumBT Consumer and Enterprise people movements, June 2020
New relationship manager for retail partner (and rival) Dixons Carphone.
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PremiumBT Group people movements, June 2020
Outsiders appointed to internal Group communication, culture and organisational design roles.
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PremiumBT Group alumni people movements, June 2020
Former EE CEO Swantee gets on private equity train.
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PremiumOpenreach’s full-fibre exchange moves forward
Openreach announced the beginning of the end for copper-based product sales, as its fibre rollout accelerates. PSTN switch-off plans set to see BT Group significantly cut costs by handing back sites currently leased from Telereal Trillium.
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PremiumEE could face longer wait for spectrum
Now-traditional inter-operator squabbling threatening to create months of delays to availability of new low- and mid-band spectrum for service delivery and development.
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PremiumGame on as Virgin swoops for Three backhaul contract
Virgin Media is positioning itself as a BT backhaul alternative, but appeal may be curbed by O2 links.