Japanese vendor takes long-term view on QKD market, anticipating a hefty 25% share and $3bn revenue by 2030.

F5: telcos need allies for digital leap forward

In an interview with BTwatch, key figures from F5’s European operations discuss the application security service provider’s relationship with BT Group in the wake of securing a place on the telco’s streamlined list of 15 certified security partners. Richard Holben, the vendor’s BT Global Account Manager, and Ian Harris, ...

Partnerships & Alliances

BT takes Bristol University ties into quantum realm

BT Group continues to cement ties with UK universities. Quantum research highlighted as focus, with QKD developments on the horizon.

Strategy & Change

BT moves house in Hungary

Group’s Better Workplace office revamp extends beyond UK. Hungarian shared services operations remain in expansion-mode.

People

Latest BT people moves: strategy directors rotate

Anna Crawley takes corporate strategy lead. Openreach regional fibre top‑spots filled.

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Network & Infrastructure
BT fires another warning shot over fibre roadblocks
Without the right “policy, legislative and fiscal enablers”, BT warns full-fibre nationwide coverage will not happen until 2033. Government target for universal coverage of “Gigabit-capable broadband” is 2025.
Network & Infrastructure
BT customer quantum trial underway using commercial product
BT highlights ability to plug QKD into OSA Filter Connect, a commercial WDM-based product provided by Openreach. Extensive commercial deployment of QKD in BT’s metro and core networks still at least five years away, however.
Operations
BT–EE meld: more execs become part of the mothership
BT’s de‑duplication effort accelerates with more than two thirds of EE’s operations staff being swallowed up by its parent Group since April 2019.