UK telcos lobby for government assistance on energy bills

Richard Agnew2026-10-20T14:46:00

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Execs from BT and VodafoneThree call for a major rethink on network power fees to reflect telcos’ Critical National Infrastructure responsibilities.

This article includes:

Themes: 5G; Critical National Infrastructure (CNI); Energy costs; Mobile infrastructure investment; Net neutrality; Network resilience; Planning reform; Spectrum allocation; Spectrum licence fees.
People: Alex Towers; George Robinson; Jonathan Freeman; Simon Miller.
Geographic: Scotland; UK; Westminster.
Organisations: BT; Cellnex UK; Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Elexon; Office for National Statistics (ONS); VodafoneThree; Virgin Media O2.

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