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PremiumBT Q3 FY22–23 spend: work ‘unwind’ means FY will come good
Heavy 9M spend set to be levelled out by drop‑off in Q4
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PremiumBT Q3 FY22–23 guidance: finishing with a flourish
BT on track, with heavy weight of burden on Q4 to pull the Group up to targets.
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PremiumContractor Morrison Telecom Services buys out competition, strengthens Openreach ties
MTS acquires part of Light Source Design from administrators, saving 83 jobs.
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PremiumOfcom to review Openreach price tactics — as controversial Equinox 2 provisionally cleared
Regulator minded to permit Openreach’s Equinox 2 upgrade to its incentivised wholesale pricing strategy for SPs, which is ostensibly intended to accelerate fibre adoption and copper shutdown.
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Financial & PerformanceQ3 FY22–23: no frills at BT, but fireworks to come before the year’s up
BT’s Q3 reflects a troubled three months of inflationary pressures, union challenge, and heightened competition.
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PremiumOpenreach calls for successor to ‘super-deduction’ tax relief
Openreach adds to pleas from BT Group CEO Philip Jansen and others.
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PremiumBT scrambles to explain massive price hikes
Group to raise most tariffs by 14.4%, based on December CPI rate and additional annual charges.
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PremiumOpenreach’s Milligan takes on expanded commercial remit
Katie Milligan replaces Kim Mears as Openreach hunts down fibre‑building targets.
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Partnerships & AlliancesOpenreach partners home charging specialists to power EV migration
Ground Control and Mina announce tie-up with Openreach as electric vehicle fleet migration rolls on.
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PremiumElsewhere in Openreach: BT sends in drones to catch copper cable thieves
BT sends in drones to catch copper cable thieves
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PremiumOpenreach’s Equinox 2 prompts competitor angst
New pricing model submitted to Ofcom for review, but altnets and challengers raise concerns about market power domination.
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Strategy & ChangeUK altnet Giganet plots wholesale play to counter Openreach threat
After acquiring ISP Cuckoo, the altnet’s next move is opening its network. Wholesale is necessary to compete with Openreach and “just makes business sense”, says CEO Jarlath Finnegan.
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Public AffairsBT wants more D&I influence on commercial agenda
Group management lays out plans to build diversity and inclusion programmes into BT growth strategy.
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Network & InfraScottish islands’ fibre upgrade is a wrap
Residents of 15 islands to get “Gigabit” connectivity under Reaching 100 initiative. Government update says all 16 subsea links involved in project now laid, and finishing work taking place. Challenges for engineers included circumventing stray explosives and protecting wildlife.
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Public AffairsBT and CWU look to bury the hatchet with “cost-of-living pay rise”
From 1 January 2023, all BT workers in the UK earning less than £50,000 a year will receive pay rise of £1,500.
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PremiumBT people moves: architects and service leads brought in at Networks
John Morgan appointed BT Enterprise Finance Director after stint as interim Corporate & Public Sector Finance Director at Enterprise.
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Network & InfraOpenreach’s Selley: FTTP ‘not slowing down’ as connections become priority
Openreach prioritising net adds over premises passed as primary KPI for full-fibre rollout programme.
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Network & InfraOpenreach reworks fibre building contracts for better “bang for its buck”
Reports suggest renewed focus on near-term project completion at expense of long-term supplier contracts.
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OperationsOpenreach tentative on 2030 target for EV transition
Head of Sustainability Abby Chicken unpacks struggles with EV infrastructure and affordability.
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PremiumH1 FY22–23: Openreach all about FTTP connections now
Fibre rollout continues at record rate, as focus shifts to customer uptake.