All Openreach articles
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch: slicing 5G, steering 6G
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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PeoplewatchDigital Infra Peoplewatch: Cellnex reorg sees C-suite shuffled; Telxius chief waves goodbye
February 2026 edition: Cellnex tweaks leadership roster with simplified organisational structure; Openreach’s Milligan appointed to top spot; Boldyn promotes US chief to lead at Group level; Telxius CEO exits, as new president reportedly steps in; more…
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M&AUK’s nexfibre goes big, gets Substantial
Deep dive: nexfibre’s planned takeover of Substantial Group, parent of infra rival Netomnia, is the UK’s first billion pound-plus fibre altnet transaction and may open the floodgates to long-anticipated consolidation in the fragmented, scale-hungry sector. Chief Executive Rajiv Datta speaks to TelcoTitans about how the deal boosts its challenge to incumbent Openreach on wholesale fibre.
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PeoplewatchOpenreach ‘joins up’ engineering in latest exec shake-up
Access provider sets up Service Operations team to house all engineering capabilities, bringing rural and run-of-the-mill fibre build, copper maintenance, and civil engineering under one roof. New CX team also launched to improve CP relations…
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch: management defiant against headwinds
Analyst Briefing: Q3 underlines a Group still wrestling with decline, but CEO Allison Kirkby uses fibre momentum, an imminent cash flow inflection, and a refreshed leadership team as evidence that a recovery is in the works amid reports of rising shareholder pressure…
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PeoplewatchBT Peoplewatch: Openreach names rural fibre and complex build chief
February 2026 update, including Garret Kavanagh as Complex Engineer lead at Openreach; new CISO at BT International; towers boss pivots to InfraCo brief; ex-BT tech duo exit cyberattack-hit M&S…
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Financial & PerformanceGuidance: BT’s difficult Q3 not enough to dampen spirits
Q3 FY25–26: Group reiterates modest forecast of a repeat of last FY’s performance. Promises of an incoming cash flow “inflection” reiterated…
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Financial & PerformanceIn depth: BT loses customers but claims to be building ‘momentum’
Q3 FY25–26: In patchy performance, BT International remains on the turnaround starting line, BT Business is limping heavily, and BT Consumer has not picked up the network advantage baton handed to it by Openreach. The latter, however, continues to put in work to provide management with something positive to talk about…
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Financial & PerformanceBT CEO ‘ignores the noise’ as pressure builds after tepid Q3
Q3 FY25–26: Allison Kirkby dismisses detractors as Q3 earnings underwhelm and reports hint at growing boardroom agitation. “I just keep my head down”, says indomitable CEO.
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Analyst BriefingUK Infrawatch: CityFibre plans cuts; Netomnia deal nears; AI reaches Smart Cities
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK, including: job cuts at CityFibre, KCOM and TalkTalk join Netomnia on the block, UK MNOs seek support for AI‑capable coverage, and plenty more…
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PeoplewatchNew era: BT, Openreach start ‘next chapter’ with fresh energy, familiar faces
CEO reshuffle in depth: a rising star reaches her zenith as Openreach CEO; a reliable hand gets called in to take BT International into next stage of transformation; and a global B2B boss bows out…
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Financial & PerformanceBT CEO bullish in face of altnet challenge, Openreach line losses
Q3 FY25–26: Allison Kirkby says BT is biting back amid a fibreco incursion as Openreach passed 21 million premises and tops 38% penetration, but line losses continue to drag and seem to be tempered, not overcome…
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch: connecting rural reaches, shuttering legacy
Analyst Briefing: EE signals confidence in latest Emergency Services Network update; Openreach advances exchange closure programme; Business signs multimillion-pound deals; progress made on Project Gigabit…
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Analyst BriefingUK Infrawatch: lenders steel for losses; altnets in chart success; ITS shows B2B potential
Analyst Briefing: Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK, including Gigaclear lenders take action, Netomnia and Toob lead altnets in Times tech list, EE updates on ESN, and plenty more…
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Financial & PerformanceUK fibre: lenders seizing control at Gigaclear, to pursue sale — report
In depth: For the second time already in 2026, creditors look set to seize a beleaguered UK fibreco, again with trade consolidator no-show cited and equity investors squeezed out. Rural altnet heavily debt-laden but also boasts interesting KPIs, so could still turn some heads, if the price is right…
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch: getting savvy with data and AI
Analyst Briefing: AI in focus, as ever, as BT appoints a new exec to ‘enable and scale’ the tech across the Group; Openreach turns 20 and boasts of a full-fibre coming-of-age; BT Wholesale puts roaming eSIMs on the radar for MVNO business…
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PeoplewatchBT Peoplewatch: AI guru brought in to ‘scale and enable’ tech
January 2026 update, including the entrance of a new AI director to drive “scaling and enabling”; transformation appointments at Networks and Business; another International top-team change; plus 20+ senior and strategic changes across the Group…
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch: pulling back stateside to sharpen B2B focus
Analyst Briefing: the Group’s overseas B2B rethink claims another victim as BT Federal gets sold off; a wave of senior leadership shifts to close out 2025; and BT reflects on MPN successes, looks forward to quantum’s move from theory to reality, and tees up XGS-PON testing for next-gen networks…
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PeoplewatchBT Peoplewatch: Openreach sharpens commercial edge with altnet exec
December 2025 update: BT adds more industry nous to aid transformation from the Strategy & Change organisation; BT International’s senior leadership team undergoes further early tweaks; and Openreach brings in an altnet exec to ‘sharpen’ its commercial edge…
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Analyst BriefingUK Infrawatch: altnet founder exits; CityFibre’s tech refresh; Fibrus Project Gigabit win
Analyst Briefing: Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK, including: McRae returns to networks, troubled times for Octopus investments, new data centre conversion plans, and plenty more…