Access services business keeping up its relentless build pace, while connections are soaring. UK fibre’s pre-eminent multi-tasker shows build can be accelerated alongside strong take-up, but broadband losses continue to mount in the meantime…

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BTwatch Analyst Briefing: regulatory give and take

2025-07-23T14:28:00+01:00

Latest from BT as the group benefits from spectrum licence fee savings, but warns of potential competitive damage if TAR changes go through as proposed; Simon Lowth reportedly on his way out; 5G SA rollout updates…

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BT poaches VM O2 finance chief as Lowth’s exit confirmed

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BTwatch Analyst Report #365 - June 2025
2025-06-16T09:05:00+01:00
Key stories include: FY24–25: Kirkby makes her mark | BT mulls TalkTalk takeover — report | Dark NOC ambition advances with AWS | BT International told to prove its worth | Openreach reaches new capex peaks | and much more…
BTwatch Analyst Report #364 - May 2025
2025-05-21T09:55:00+01:00
Key stories include: BT considers edge DC play | Overseas retreat continues | Business CTO on BT’s TaaP dance | Global Fabric goes ‘planet scale’ | Openreach ramps up rural fibre | and much more…
BTwatch Report #363 - April 2025
2025-04-08T09:09:00+01:00
Key stories include: BT logo saved in rebranding rethink | Overseas business attracts attention from peers | EE commits to new ESN deadlines | Global Fabric goes live | Ofcom lays plans for regulatory landscape | and much more…

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Financial & Performance
Q1 FY25–26: Openreach fibre machine keeps rolling
Access services business keeping up its relentless build pace, while connections are soaring. UK fibre’s pre-eminent multi-tasker shows build can be accelerated alongside strong take-up, but broadband losses continue to mount in the meantime…
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BT poaches VM O2 finance chief as Lowth’s exit confirmed
Patricia Cobian, CFO at Virgin Media O2, is to join rival BT next year, with current CFO Simon Lowth set to retire. BT CEO Allison Kirkby said Cobian brings “invaluable” experience that will help drive BT’s transformation and strategy…
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BT CFO Simon Lowth readies for departure — report
Succession planning underway as reports indicate Lowth will leave within a year, closing out a decade-long tenure and teeing up yet another change to Allison Kirkby’s executive leadership team…

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BT poaches VM O2 finance chief as Lowth’s exit confirmed
Patricia Cobian, CFO at Virgin Media O2, is to join rival BT next year, with current CFO Simon Lowth set to retire. BT CEO Allison Kirkby said Cobian brings “invaluable” experience that will help drive BT’s transformation and strategy…
BT CFO Simon Lowth readies for departure — report
Succession planning underway as reports indicate Lowth will leave within a year, closing out a decade-long tenure and teeing up yet another change to Allison Kirkby’s executive leadership team…
BT Peoplewatch: Consumer and Business bosses take boardroom seats
30+ senior and strategic changes at BT, including a treasury replacement; more International swaps as the new B2B division gets settled; new boardroom digs for Marc Allera; more…