BTwatch: management defiant against headwinds
Joe Purnell2026-02-18T15:52:00
Analyst Briefing: Q3 underlines a Group still wrestling with decline, but CEO Allison Kirkby uses fibre momentum, an imminent cash flow inflection, and a refreshed leadership team as evidence that a recovery is in the works amid reports of rising shareholder pressure…
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- Themes: Broadband competition; Cash flow inflection; Fibre rollout; Leadership overhaul; Market consolidation; Network investment; Turnaround strategy.
- Events: 2026 Mobile World Congress (MWC); Q3 FY25–26 earnings; Radianz divestment; Telecoms Consumer Charter launch.
- People: Allison Kirkby; Bas Burger; Cyril Pourrat; Dan Schulman; Jon James; Katie Milligan; Rachel Reeves; Sunil Bharti Mittal.
- Geographic: Crawley; United Kingdom.
- Organisations: Avanade; BT Business; BT Consumer; BT Group; BT International; CBRE UK; CityFibre; Department for Science, Innovation & Technology; EE; KCOM; Macquarie Asset Management; Multiverse; Netomnia; nexfibre; Openreach; RootMetrics; TalkTalk; Transaction Network Services (TNS); Umlaut Connect; Virgin Media O2 (VM O2).