BTwatch Weekly: legacy infra winds down; next-gen tech spins up
Joseph Purnell2025-05-07T05:00:00
Latest from BT as it charges on with legacy network migrations, looks for new ways of monetising old assets, and prepares to build infra fit for an AI future; Better Workplace signed off with Manchester office opening; another multimillion-pound Project Gigabit subsidy secured, this time in Scotland; and a series of strategically significant personnel changes across the Group…
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- Organisations: Building Digital UK (BDUK); BT; BT Business; BT Sport; DEFRA; Discovery+; EE; INCA; Openreach; TNT Sports; UK government; Virgin Media O2 (VM O2).
- Geographic: Belfast; England; Europe; France; India; Italy; Londonderry; Manchester; Northern Ireland; Portugal; Scotland; Spain; UK; Wales; Westminster.
- People: Allison Kirkby; Clive Selley; Colin Bannon; David McKean; Gabriela Styf Sjöman; Mark Schurmer; Reza Rahnama; Sam Kemp; Séainín McCoy; Sue Glew; Vicky Hicks.
- Themes: AI; Better Workplace; Carbon Dashboard; Copper networks; Data centre; Digital Voice; Edge; Fibre networks; Consumer Electronics; Global Fabric; Multi-dwelling units (MDU); Mobile connectivity; Network decommissioning; Project Gigabit; Real estate modernisation; Renters’ Rights Bill; Towers.
- Events: Connected North 2025; ISP Summit.