Simon Holden, CityFibre CEO

Interview

Irrational and anti-competitive: CityFibre CEO urges CMA scrutiny of nexfibre-Netomnia-VM O2 consolidation play

Exclusive: In his first interview as CEO, Simon Holden unpacks Ofcom’s TAR framework and why the Competition and Markets Authority must intervene in the contentious £2bn nexfibre–Netomnia merger to protect infrastructure competition and prevent re-emergence of duopoly stagnation. 

Latest Analyst Briefing

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Analyst Briefing

BTwatch: slicing 5G, steering 6G

2026-03-10T16:34:00+00:00

Analyst Briefing: BT gets to work on 5G network slicing with Ericsson in a bid to leverage the network for B2B customers; while ‘committing’ with Nokia, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm to help shape early 6G thinking…

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Public Affairs

TAR: Ofcom eyes ‘problematic’ promotions as access review sets regulatory landscape

Telecoms Access Review released, setting the scene for the next five years of regulation in the UK’s fast-shifting fibre market. While not signalling any major change of course, likely pleasing incumbent Openreach, altnet take-up appears to be receiving more attention as a litmus of market health, offering a possible fillip to challengers.

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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.

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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…

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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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