BTwatch: fibre dividend emerges, Ofcom bares teeth on promos
Analyst Briefing: stubborn numbers but signs of things to come as BT’s Q1s leave the Group on track for near- and mid-term guidance; Openreach knocked back as Ofcom moves to block pricing change; and TelcoTitans considers the implications for the Group of a new UK Prime Minister…
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- Themes: Broadband competition; Cost reduction; Fibre monetisation; Fixed broadband growth; Full-fibre rollout; Network modernisation; Network slicing; Operational efficiency; Regulatory intervention; Telecoms restructuring; Workforce reduction.
- Events: BT Group AGM; BT Group Q1 FY26–27 results.
- People: Allison Kirkby; Andy Burnham; Greg McCall; Katie Milligan; Mark Steele; Raphael Kübler; Sunil Bharti Mittal.
- Geographic: Guildford; Leeds; Liverpool; Manchester; Scotland; United Kingdom (UK); Woking.
- Organisations: Arqiva; Bharti Enterprises; BT; BT Business; BT International; CityFibre; Communication Workers Union (CWU); Cosine; Deutsche Telekom (DT); EE; EY; KPMG; Ofcom; Openreach; Opensignal; Orms; Project Gigabit; Shared Rural Network; Telefónica Tech UK&I; Verizon; Virgin Media O2 (VM O2); Vodafone Group; VodafoneThree.
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