All Openreach articles – Page 7
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PeopleVodafone Peoplewatch: Vantage Towers top-brass change in Spain, Germany
25+ senior and strategic movers, including new regional MDs at Vantage; brand strategy appointment in the UK ahead of Three combination; market positioning in focus at soon-to-be sold Vodafone Italy; a B2B drive on ‘emerging tech’; plus plenty more in DRC, Germany, Hungary, India, Tanzania, elsewhere…
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch Weekly: security in focus at Business, exec changes at EE
Latest from BT as a news emerges of a security breach at Business; more strategic people moves across the Group; and another ESN contract nears, with BT said to be out of the running. More from Openreach, EE, elsewhere…
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Analyst BriefingInfrawatch Weekly: private networks under scrutiny, IoT’s defence role flagged
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including NIC consideration of network investment vulnerabilities; Europe backing for satellite defence role; iliad plots hyperscale data platform; people moves, and plenty more…
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch Weekly: BT falls back from venturing foray
Latest from BT, including the sale of an equity stake in startup Distributed; Marc Allera’s imminent exit; the introduction of a ‘common language’, in the words of Campbell McClean; and another boardroom newcomer…
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Analyst BriefingInfrawatch Weekly: Ofcom spectrum plans, open RAN wins, INCA treasure
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including Nokia wins DT open RAN deal; Ofcom weighs SatCom opportunities; altnets debate wireless options; and plenty more…
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch Weekly: earnings add to Kirkby’s optimism
Latest from BT as CEO Allison Kirkby uses drab half-year results to cast vision for the future; Business prepares for Global divestment; Openreach beats fibre expectations; BT riled as Vodafone–Three merger nears…
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Financial & PerformanceKirkby ‘convinced’ of BT strategic plan despite scale of challenge
Q2/H1 FY24-25: BT CEO Allison Kirkby now settled into role and aware of mountain to climb, but no less confident of the Group’s strategic direction.
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Financial & PerformanceIn-depth: change is coming at BT, ‘trust me’
Q2/H1 FY24-25: Group CEO Allison Kirkby calls on investors to ‘trust me’ in wait for promised turnaround as revenue falters in first half of the year.
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Financial & PerformanceSpend: BT past its peak, transformation agenda in full flow
Q2/H1 FY24-25: BT capex drops as Openreach fibre build keeps spend in check.
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Financial & PerformanceGuidance: BT lowers expectations
Q2/H1 FY24-25: BT Group revises revenue outlook for the year from growth to decline.
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Financial & PerformanceBT Consumer promises long-term growth revenue, but where from?
H1 FY24–25: Consumer suffering a hangover from several years of inflation‑fuelled excess, but expects to regain health before year is out…
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Analyst BriefingInfrawatch Weekly: fibre retail goldrush, Ericsson and Nokia wins, space gets crowded
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including Lit Fibre and AllPoints consider retail prospects; private equity keeps up data centre funding momentum; Boldyn brings positive vision to neutral hosting, and plenty more…
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Financial & PerformanceOpenreach raises full-fibre target despite capex and headcount cuts
Openreach is doing more with less as it sets a higher bar for full-fibre coverage for the year while shrinking capex and cutting jobs. Learn more…
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Financial & PerformanceBT ‘pulling levers’ to account for UK Budget burden
CFO Simon Lowth puts annual additional cost at £100m for the Group, with transformation plans to be ‘brought forward’ to compensate.
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InterviewCuckoo MD sees national retail reach as vital in loosening Big 4’s fibre grip
Startup consumer‑focused fibre ISP Cuckoo is positioning itself as a national-scale player at a time when many UK peers are thinking local, underpinned by customer-centric Sarah Howells and the Kraken next-gen ops platform (also backed by Octopus Capital). Login to learn more…
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch Weekly: more B2B sell-off reports pose questions for future of Business
Latest from BT as B2B slim-down continues; minority owner DT sees emerging ‘options’ for 12% stake; and Openreach sets about Nokia Altiplano deployment…
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Analyst BriefingInfrawatch Weekly: Community Fibre wins backing, Spring Fibre loses; data centres dominate
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK and beyond, including Community Fibre’s latest funding; the UK National Wealth Fund’s capital cut; SpaceMobile’s role in satellite war games; and plenty more…
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Financial & PerformanceGrain claims to beat Openreach connection costs as EBITDA breakeven nears
UK fibre altnet frontloads capex to build to property boundaries, making for cheap connections when customers sign up, but Grain may be playing a high-risk game…
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Network & InfraOpenreach advances network architecture revamp with Nokia Altiplano deployment
Altiplano SDN toolkit being deployed as Openreach pursues “one network platform”.
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Strategy & Change‘New options’ emerging for DT’s stake in BT — Höttges
Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges sees things “going into our favour” at BT as German operator’s ‘biggest mistake’ begins to turn around and new international shareholders target the operator.