EMEA Telco Leaders – Page 271
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PremiumRival trifecta may oust BT from rural-sharing proposal
Potential three-way deal could exclude BT over costing roadblock. O2 UK leads pushback, warning BT fees may undermine project viability. March 2020 deadline looms.
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PremiumUpdated BT TV aims for platform flexibility
Integration of Sky’s Now TV into BT’s YouView-based platform enabling Consumer to offer a more rounded pay-TV product with simplified access to a range of OTT services. New packages built on apparently contradictory goals of leveraging demand for flexible on-demand services while also tying customers into two-year contracts. Sky ...
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Public AffairsOperators set to retain licence fee windfall
BT Group looks set to keep £82m returned after courts found Ofcom had not followed due process in introducing hefty licence fee hikes.
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PremiumCPs invited to contribute to Openreach report card
Views are being sought on the practical impact of the legal separation of Openreach from BT Group, with a focus on determining the level of support provided for enhanced UK infrastructure.
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Strategy & ChangeOpenreach rivals in expansive mood
Liberty Global reignites M&A talk around Virgin Media. CityFibre CEO in bullish mood after being freed from Vodafone shackles. Sky reportedly keen on full-fibre infrastructure investment.
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PremiumNicola Sturgeon tries VR
A live virtual reality (VR) demonstration, conducted by BT in association with Glasgow City Council and the University of Glasgow, was presented to Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the Scotland 5G Centre during January 2020.
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PremiumVirgin Media bites back in Bristol billboard campaign
Virgin Media UK took a pop at BT’s fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) advertising in the city of Bristol by branding it as “dubious” and “unsubstantiated”.
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Strategy & ChangeMoody’s negative outlook on BT borrowing
Moody’s reviewed its principal debt rating for BT Group in February 2020, and affirmed the headline Baa2 rating for the operator. However, the accompanying outlook for BT credit was downgraded from “neutral” to “negative”.
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PremiumBT plays 4-3-3 against football obstacles
BT’s 4-3-3 campaign got underway, tackling obstacles in grassroots disability, para, and women’s football.
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PremiumBT commits to UN LGBTI standards
BT Group committed to the United Nations’ (UN) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, and Intersex People (LGBTI) Standards of Conduct for Businesses
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PremiumEE offers complimentary BritBox
EE is to offer new and existing pay-monthly mobile and tablet customers a free six-month subscription to BritBox.
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Strategy & ChangeEverything Everywhere, over and out
Everything Everywhere Limited, the original entity behind the Deutsche Telekom and France Télécom merged mobile venture that became EE, was finally dissolved through a voluntary strike-off action
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PremiumBT Yahoo! emails to be migrated
BT is reportedly taking another stab at migrating BT Yahoo! email users away from legacy Yahoo! accounts in a trial limited to a small number of customers.
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PremiumBT Consumer, EE hike prices
There were rumblings in the press in response to price rises from BT Consumer and EE, with the customer-facing businesses implementing their latest inflation-based changes.
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PremiumBT Consumer completes customer service onshoring
BT Consumer flagged completion of the onshoring of all its customer service contact centres, which it claimed was ahead of a previously declared deadline of 31 December 2020.
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PremiumBT Halo gets new marketing push
BT launched its latest marketing campaign for BT Halo, the premium converged service family it debuted in 2019.
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PremiumBT urges customers to return old kit
BT launched an initiative to encourage upgrading and departing customers to return spent equipment.
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Public AffairsOfcom’s quarterly complaints report good news for EE
Ofcom’s quarterly Telecom and Pay TV Complaints report revealed comparatively positive numbers for BT Consumer’s fixed broadband and landline offerings, but mixed results in mobile, with EE excelling compared with a struggling BT Mobile.
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Public AffairsOfcom rebukes phone ‘locking’ policies
EE and rivals including Vodafone UK were rebuked by Ofcom for continuing the practice of ‘locking’ mobile phones to their networks.
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PremiumEE: Free roaming will survive Brexit
EE assured it had no plans to reintroduce roaming charges post-Brexit, despite warnings from the British government that Roam Like at Home arrangements may end for UK citizens visiting the EU