BT leans into low-key partner Microsoft for latest SOC-as-a-service offering as B2B customers face up to the growing threat of AI-powered attacks.
Analyst Briefing: In a week that has shaken UK telecoms, BT was front and centre. A dramatic eleventh-hour ‘rescue’ saw the operator acquire TalkTalk, while concerns of a deteriorating competitive landscape, leaving Openreach unchecked, provided the primary narrative in the latest update to the nexfibre/Netomnia saga.
Telia becomes the latest European telco to announce a round of job cuts, joining a trend of operators reshape workforces, decentralise decision-making, and seek higher returns from maturing fibre and 5G investments.
Amidst growing demand for high-capacity infrastructure access from wholesale customers, Openreach has begun the installation of new Ciena technology to support additional capacity.
October 2026 edition, including a deep strategic rewiring at the highest level, with legal, corporate affairs, and strategy chief changes. Elsewhere, networks R&D handover, network API monetisation, and preparing the ground for the next phase of BT International.
In-Depth Analysis: The collapse and swift sale of TalkTalk has thrust BT into an unprecedented role as self-appointed industry saviour, ‘safeguarding’ millions of customers while attracting scrutiny from regulators, rivals, and policymakers — and highlighting the shortcomings of TalkTalk’s brief private equity ownership.
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BT leans into low-key partner Microsoft for latest SOC-as-a-service offering as B2B customers face up to the growing threat of AI-powered attacks.
Amidst growing demand for high-capacity infrastructure access from wholesale customers, Openreach has begun the installation of new Ciena technology to support additional capacity.
October 2026 edition, including a deep strategic rewiring at the highest level, with legal, corporate affairs, and strategy chief changes. Elsewhere, networks R&D handover, network API monetisation, and preparing the ground for the next phase of BT International.
October 2026 edition, including a deep strategic rewiring at the highest level, with legal, corporate affairs, and strategy chief changes. Elsewhere, networks R&D handover, network API monetisation, and preparing the ground for the next phase of BT International.
Chris Bramley set to take the reins of network and research strategy at BT, as Gabriela Styf Sjöman steps down.
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…
