Peoplewatch
BT Peoplewatch: fibre wind-down, culture overhaul
August 2026 update, including the impact of the FTTP build wind-down, People & Culture overhaul, and a new consumer FWA product lead as BT looks to plug fibre gaps, plus more across Business, Openreach, elsewhere…
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BTwatch: fibre dividend emerges, Ofcom bares teeth on promos
Analyst Briefing: stubborn numbers but signs of things to come as BT’s Q1s leave the Group on track for near- and mid-term guidance; Openreach knocked back as Ofcom moves to block pricing change; and TelcoTitans considers the implications for the Group of a new UK Prime Minister…
Network & Infra
Overcoming the OSS/BSS bottleneck: telcos’ AI transformation needs an event driven architecture
Are decades of disjointed OSS/BSS investments stifling telecom’s AI ambitions? Industry leaders at The Data-Driven Telco Summit explored how innovations like EDA are bridging the gap between legacy platforms and real-time, agentic AI operations. Learn more…
Financial & Performance
BT accelerates job cuts as fibre takes over
Q1 FY26–27 spend: Openreach’s expanding fibre footprint is beginning to support BT Group’s cost-cutting mission, with falling repair volumes, lower energy use, and accelerating labour reductions strengthening management’s route towards its £3.7bn savings target.
Financial & Performance
BT guidance: toned down but on track
Q1 FY26–27 guidance: BT resets near- and mid-term forecasts after ‘discontinuing’ hived-off BT International, with the division’s long-time drag meaning its disappearance is barely noticed on the earnings front (more so on revenue). CEO says the Group remains ‘on track’, albeit with a knock this FY.
Financial & Performance
BT remains under pressure with operations improved, but financials unmoved
Q1 FY26–27 in-depth: BT’s first quarter delivered a familiar contradiction as the Group marked operational progress across fibre, customer growth, and portfolio simplification, yet provided little evidence of financial improvement.
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BTwatch Analyst Report #376 - July 2026
Key stories include: BT pairs with Verizon for overseas B2B | Execs urge AI ‘rethink’ | Mapping the GEO to LEO shift | EE lauded for ESN execution | Openreach pace prompts rival M&A pragmatism | and much more…
BTwatch Analyst Report #375 - June 2026
Key stories include: FY25–26: domestic struggles in the spotlight | Consumer targets conversion | BT gets proactive in travel eSIM space | Selley told to ‘get radical’ at International | Openreach takes Project Gigabit crown | and much more…
BTwatch Analyst Report #374 - May 2026
Key stories include: The second coming of BT | NVIDIA tapped for autonomy | Network slicing gets commercial | Taking aim at sovereignty wild west | Openreach gets NiCE with AI | and much more…
PeoplewatchBT Peoplewatch: fibre wind-down, culture overhaul
August 2026 update, including the impact of the FTTP build wind-down, People & Culture overhaul, and a new consumer FWA product lead as BT looks to plug fibre gaps, plus more across Business, Openreach, elsewhere…
Financial & PerformanceBT accelerates job cuts as fibre takes over
Q1 FY26–27 spend: Openreach’s expanding fibre footprint is beginning to support BT Group’s cost-cutting mission, with falling repair volumes, lower energy use, and accelerating labour reductions strengthening management’s route towards its £3.7bn savings target.
Financial & PerformanceBT guidance: toned down but on track
Q1 FY26–27 guidance: BT resets near- and mid-term forecasts after ‘discontinuing’ hived-off BT International, with the division’s long-time drag meaning its disappearance is barely noticed on the earnings front (more so on revenue). CEO says the Group remains ‘on track’, albeit with a knock this FY.
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BT Peoplewatch: fibre wind-down, culture overhaul
August 2026 update, including the impact of the FTTP build wind-down, People & Culture overhaul, and a new consumer FWA product lead as BT looks to plug fibre gaps, plus more across Business, Openreach, elsewhere…
BT Peoplewatch: UK rivals trade Networks R&D and SMB leaders
July 2026 edition, featuring: the introduction of VM O2’s Catherine Amran to lead BT’s small business segment; networks R&D fellow Maria Cuevas moving the other way; a new BT Mobile product lead being appointed, following the B2C relaunch; and Gavin Patterson picking up another boardroom seat.
BT research expert Maria Cuevas joins rival Virgin Media O2
BT Fellow and research expert Maria Cuevas takes up technical strategy post at rival Virgin Media O2, bringing more than 25 years of experience, including in networks R&D. Exec moves as VM O2 juggles multiple technology transformation initiatives across AI and networks…