BTwatch: focus on the fibre end-game
Joe Purnell2026-09-25T13:13:00
Analyst Briefing: Openreach arrived at Connected Britain as the industry’s favourite antagonist, but its leadership remained firmly focused on two objectives: finishing the UK’s full-fibre rollout and accelerating the retirement of the copper network. More from BT Business, EE, elsewhere…
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- Themes: Altnet consolidation; Broadband competition; Copper switch-off; Fibre commercialisation; Fibre rollout; Full-fibre (FTTP); Network pricing; One Touch Switching (OTS); Regulatory intervention; Streaming TV; Telecoms competition; Wholesale broadband.
- Events: Connected Britain 2026.
- People: Andy Burnham; Conal Henry; Darren Buttrick; James Lilley; James Tickel; Joris van Oers; Katie Milligan; Rajiv Datta; Richard Allwood; Sara Sheikh; Sian Penny; Steve Rotherham.
- Geographic: Leeds; Liverpool; London; Manchester; United Kingdom (UK).
- Organisations: Accenture; Boldyn Networks; BT; BT Business; Communication Workers Union (CWU); EE; Ericsson; EUROCONTROL; Fibrus; Financial Times; Mission Boost; Ookla; Openreach; Ofcom; Project Gigabit; Virgin Media O2.