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BT’s Kirkby welcomes VM O2 to join the Openreach party

2026-11-05T16:24:00

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Source: Openreach

Door open to VM O2 to become Openreach’s last major-CP customer, with the BT CEO arguing constrained capital and higher borrowing costs are making infrastructure rental increasingly attractive — but does the logic cut both ways?

This article includes:

  • Themes: Fibre broadband; Fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP); Infrastructure competition; Network sharing; Open access; Telecoms wholesale; Wholesale broadband.
  • Events: BT Group Q2/H1 FY26–27 earnings call.
  • People: Allison Kirkby; Lutz Schüler.
  • Geographic: Northern Ireland; South West England; UK.
  • Organisations: BT; BT Consumer; Liberty Global; Openreach; Platform X Communications (PXC); Telefónica; Virgin Media O2 (VM O2).

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