BTwatch Weekly: M&A spotlighted in Europe; rural fibre the focus in UK
Joseph Purnell2025-04-15T12:55:00
Latest from BT as the Group advances its UK retrenchment on multiple fronts; Openreach build continues at pace, with connections to boot; Global Fabric expands Google Cloud collab for greater scale, reach; Harmeen Mehta named CDIO at BT data centre partner Equinix…
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- Organisations: BT; BT Business; BT Communications Ireland; BT Digital; BT Enìa; BT Group; CityFibre; Communication Workers Union; Cordiant Digital Infrastructure; Department for Work and Pensions; Equinix; Google Cloud; Light Reading; Ofcom; Openreach; Retelit; Speed Fibre; TelcoTitans; Virgin Media O2; Vodafone UK.
- Geographic: EMEA; Europe; Ireland; Italy; Manchester; UK.
- People: Adaire Fox-Martin; Allison Kirkby; Bas Burger; Clive Selley; Donald Trump; Harmeen Mehta; Howard Watson; Katie Milligan; Lili Savage; Ronan Kelly.
- Themes: AI deployment; ALF consultation; aquila fibre platform; fibre build; flexi-permits; FTTH Conference panel; Google Cloud’s Cloud WAN; job creation and skills development; Lone Worker app testing; M&A activity in Europe; NaaS platform expansion; network APIs integration; private cloud development (BT Network Cloud); Project Gigabit commitments; spectrum valuation disputes.