BT and Verizon pair up on $4bn multinational B2B venture
Joe Purnell2026-06-29T13:50:00
In depth: BT has finally found a partner for its troubled International enterprise business, striking a joint venture agreement with Verizon that could bring an end to years of strategic uncertainty while creating a new global connectivity player focused on multinational customers.
This article includes:
- Themes: Business transformation; Enterprise services; Joint ventures; Network-as-a-service (NaaS); Telecommunications mergers and acquisitions (M&A); Telecommunications strategy; Voice services.
- People: Abdu Mudesir; Allison Kirkby; Clive Selley; Dan Schulman; Martijn Blanken.
- Geographic: Ireland; Italy; Jersey; Saudi Arabia; United Kingdom (UK); USA.
- Organisations: AT&T; BT; BT International; EXA Infrastructure; Frontier; Neo Space Group; Orange; Public Investment Fund (PIF); Telstra; Verizon; Verizon Business; Warner Bros. Discovery.