BTwatch: slicing 5G, steering 6G
Joe Purnell2026-03-10T16:34:00
Analyst Briefing: BT gets to work on 5G network slicing with Ericsson in a bid to leverage the network for B2B customers; while ‘committing’ with Nokia, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm to help shape early 6G thinking…
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- Themes: 5G coverage; 5G slicing; 6G development; Altnet consolidation; Capex rollout; Cloud calling; Digital fraud protection; Emergency Services Network; Fibre competition; Gigabit broadband; Network monetisation; Regulatory oversight; Satellite direct‑to‑device (D2D); Sovereign services; Spectrum access; Telecoms lobbying.
- Events: Mobile World Congress 2026.
- People: Allison Kirkby; Asif Aziz; Ben Roome; Greg McCall; Karen Rose; Kerry Small; Nagendra Kanakapura; Peter Stewart; Rajiv Datta; Sunil Bharti Mittal; Surinder Khatter; Tim Höttges.
- Geographic: Barcelona; Europe; UK; USA; Wales.
- Organisations: AST SpaceMobile; Bharti Enterprises; BT Business; BT Consumer; BT Group; Cisco; Communication Workers Union (CWU); Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT); Deutsche Telekom; EE; Ericsson; Liberty Global; Marketplacer; Mova; nexfibre; Nokia; NVIDIA; Ofcom; Openreach; Qualcomm Technologies; Satellite Connect Europe; Starlink; Telefónica; ThinkBroadband; Virgin Media O2; Vodafone Group; VodafoneThree.