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BT adopts NVIDIA’s telco LLM in pursuit of autonomous, intent-based networks
NVIDIA’s large telco model is playing a ‘significant’ role in BT’s journey to network autonomy, providing a data sandbox in which the Group can conduct AI R&D. Data & AI lead Séainín McCoy considers the use of synthetic data to be paramount for maximisation of RoI and mitigation of risk…
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BTwatch: Openreach gets innovative with fibre tech
Analyst Briefing: As Ofcom lays out its latest regulatory regime and rivals squabble over altnet consolidation, Openreach remains focused on fibre rollout. Deals with Google Cloud and a pilot with Lightsonic put the incumbent’s fibre deployment machine into overdrive, and showcase the potential value-add beyond pure connectivity…
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BT Peoplewatch: data and API commercialisation brought under new leadership
March 2026 edition: a wave of end-FY changes sees BT tap Verizon for a Group-level strategy appointment; bring in a new network procurement lead; and move data and API commercialisation under fresh ownership. Significant changes at Consumer and Openreach, while BT alumni pick up exec roles elsewhere…
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EE refreshes ESN fleet with Starlink connectivity
Operator rolls out upgrades its rapid response vehicle fleet with Starlink LEO service onboard as it looks to build Emergency Services Network resilience.
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BT completes £350m Scottish WAN migration
Group completes upgrade and migration of 5,000 sites in major SWAN milestone, two years after starting the programme.
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UK’s long-delayed ESN gets a new set of ‘realistic but ambitious’ targets
The oft-criticised Emergency Services Network is now expected to go ‘live’ in mid-2028, with a mass transition not set to complete until 2030 — more than a decade behind schedule. EE and IBM claim significant progress, however, and Home Office assures latest dates are within reason…
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BTwatch Analyst Report #372 - February 2026
Key stories include: Q3: Kirkby bullish as pressure rises | Competition hits on all fronts | CEO shuffle: Burger, Selley, Milligan rotate | Burger lays out ‘radical’ International plan | Openreach pushes through line losses | and much more…
BTwatch Analyst Report #371 - January 2026
Key stories include: BT slims down stateside | Openreach sharpens commercial edge | Charting a course to self-healing networks | ESN rollout advances | Openreach welcomes MDU ‘barrier-busting’ | and much more…
BTwatch Analyst Report #370 - December 2025
Key stories include: H1: competitive pressures bite | BT taps Starlink for rural connectivity | Consumer holds the line | B2B finally reaches ‘start-line’ of bounce-back | Kirkby downplays Openreach role in altnet M&A | and much more…
Network & InfraBT adopts NVIDIA’s telco LLM in pursuit of autonomous, intent-based networks
NVIDIA’s large telco model is playing a ‘significant’ role in BT’s journey to network autonomy, providing a data sandbox in which the Group can conduct AI R&D. Data & AI lead Séainín McCoy considers the use of synthetic data to be paramount for maximisation of RoI and mitigation of risk…
PeoplewatchBT Peoplewatch: data and API commercialisation brought under new leadership
March 2026 edition: a wave of end-FY changes sees BT tap Verizon for a Group-level strategy appointment; bring in a new network procurement lead; and move data and API commercialisation under fresh ownership. Significant changes at Consumer and Openreach, while BT alumni pick up exec roles elsewhere…
Network & InfraEE refreshes ESN fleet with Starlink connectivity
Operator rolls out upgrades its rapid response vehicle fleet with Starlink LEO service onboard as it looks to build Emergency Services Network resilience.
BT taps Ericsson for programmable networks ‘building blocks’
BT Business launches UK sovereign voice with Cisco
In depth: BT loses customers but claims to be building ‘momentum’
BT CEO ‘ignores the noise’ as pressure builds after tepid Q3
BT International CEO goes ‘radical’, aims to ‘rip up the telco playbook’
BT CEO bullish in face of altnet challenge, Openreach line losses
UK gov walks barrier-busting tightrope in bid to ease MDU connectivity headaches
Openreach joins UK gov’s infra tracking project
In it for the long haul: BT CEO stays course despite knockbacks
Guidance: modest FY to give way for BT’s ambitious 2030 vision
BT Peoplewatch: data and API commercialisation brought under new leadership
March 2026 edition: a wave of end-FY changes sees BT tap Verizon for a Group-level strategy appointment; bring in a new network procurement lead; and move data and API commercialisation under fresh ownership. Significant changes at Consumer and Openreach, while BT alumni pick up exec roles elsewhere…
Openreach ‘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…
BT 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…