MWC26: networks chief Greg McCall touts expanded Ericsson engagement as laying the foundations for dynamic, programmable, application-aware networks, with network slicing and APIs for real-world use-cases.

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BTwatch: management defiant against headwinds

2026-02-18T15:52:00+00:00

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…

Network & Infra

BT gets in on 6G action with vendor triumvirate

MWC26: Group adds its logo to Nokia, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm 6G initiatives as BT’s tentative, sometimes dismissive view of 6G begins to give way…

Products & Services

BT Business launches UK sovereign voice with Cisco

BT adds to 35-year Cisco collab as it adds its first product to nascent UK sovereign platform.

M&A

UK’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.

Peoplewatch

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…

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Deep Dive: BTwatch Analyst Reports

BTwatch Analyst Report #372 - February 2026
2026-02-26T15:39:00+00:00
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
2026-01-29T16:45:00+00:00
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
2025-12-16T11:13:00+00:00
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…

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Network & Infra
BT taps Ericsson for programmable networks ‘building blocks’
MWC26: networks chief Greg McCall touts expanded Ericsson engagement as laying the foundations for dynamic, programmable, application-aware networks, with network slicing and APIs for real-world use-cases.
Network & Infra
BT gets in on 6G action with vendor triumvirate
MWC26: Group adds its logo to Nokia, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm 6G initiatives as BT’s tentative, sometimes dismissive view of 6G begins to give way…
Products & Services
BT Business launches UK sovereign voice with Cisco
BT adds to 35-year Cisco collab as it adds its first product to nascent UK sovereign platform.

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30 years down, 5+ to go before BT’s quantum vision comes to life

BT opens up key testing platform to startup as it pursues quantum collaboration

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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…
New 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…