British Telecom

Openreach offers more wholesale fiber discounts, rivals call foul

CityFibre seethes that move comes straight out of 'dominant operator ... playbook'

Networks19 Dec 2022 | 45

With pay strikes ending, BT merges divisions to save £100m in annual costs

A day after Openreach engineers overwhelmingly accept new compensation, telco says it will merge Enterprise and Global businesses

Networks16 Dec 2022 | 18

Greater London wing of comms union urges BT workers to reject pay offer

No backdated pay, no allowances, no substantial rises for all grades, 'we feel it falls falls way short of your expectations'

Networks09 Dec 2022 | 11

This is the best pay offer you'll get without more strikes, union tells BT workers

Tens of thousands of engineers and call center staff can vote on negotiated pay settlement on 15 December

Networks07 Dec 2022 | 29

Norway has a month left until sun sets on its copper phone lines

Residents in westernmost municipality of Solund praise new mobile coverage, but others have been left behind

Networks01 Dec 2022 | 65

BT performs U-turn, agrees to up wages for 85% of UK staff

Cost of Living Pay Rise due in January, if unionised workers vote for it in consultative ballot

Networks29 Nov 2022 | 20

BT preparing to offer financial support to inflation struck staff

CEO says UK government cap on energy has given it wiggle room, hopes payment will end further strikes

Networks11 Nov 2022 | 2

BT re-enters pay talks to prevent further strikes, says union

What forced the change in attitude? The impact on 40,000 broadband connections possibly

Networks04 Nov 2022 | 6

BT CEO ups cost-cutting plan amid rising inflation and soaring energy costs

National telecom giant admits strike action is impacting customer broadband connections

Networks03 Nov 2022 | 30

UK comms regulator rings death knell for fax machines

Much-loved but outdated hardware could be consigned to tech history

Offbeat02 Nov 2022 | 96

Union meeting BT shareholders today to discuss strikes, pay rises

Exclusive CWU also planning to re-ballot entire workforce, claims stoppages are delaying fiber and network builds

Networks24 Oct 2022 | 9

BT will back down in face of non-stop protests, says union

CWU: Just like UK government did a reverse-ferret on tax, so will national telecom titan on staff pay

Networks06 Oct 2022 | 8

BT's emergency call handlers will join pay strikes

Four fresh dates organized for industrial action as union puts the squeeze on biz

Networks23 Sep 2022 | 38

BT CEO orders staff: Back to the office or risk 'disciplinary action'

Exclusive '3 together, 2 wherever' policy incoming. 'We've lost that deep connection' says boss

Networks21 Sep 2022 | 164

Left-wing campaign group throws weight behind BT strikes

Enough is Enough crew tells telecom CEO to 'pay up'

Networks31 Aug 2022 | 95

UK government will not step in over Altice’s growing stake in BT

Telco billionaire purchase A-OK from national security standpoint, apparently, but will he buy up more?

Networks23 Aug 2022 | 11

Interconnect innovation key to satiating soaring demand for fiber capacity

Traffic is growing 30 percent every year, there's no reason to believe that'll change, BT's Andrew Lord argues

Networks20 Aug 2022 | 24

BT union announces 48-hour strike action in protest over pay

26,000 engineers and call center operators to down tools again this month

Networks12 Aug 2022 | 12

BT wins networking contract for UK nuclear site Sellafield

Paving the way for the role of AI in the future of nuclear waste processing

Networks11 Aug 2022 | 14

BT union wants pay dispute talks with telco's largest shareholders

The game of corporate poker continues but CWU may find investors more interested in dividends

Networks10 Aug 2022 | 45

BT demos 4-carrier 5G aggregation – on a live network

Telco promises uplift in capacity and speed once deployed

Networks09 Aug 2022 | 10

Strike days should serve as 'wake-up call' to BT's top brass, says union

We kept network running 'safely and effectively' on those days, nothing to see here, says Brit telco

Networks04 Aug 2022 | 115

BT accused of 'misinformation' campaign ahead of strikes

Union tells members to hold nerve on eve of first nationwide sit down in 35 years

Networks28 Jul 2022 | 55

UK lays world's longest autonomous drone superhighway

And guess which ACDC classic will blare at the 2024 ribbon cutting?

Offbeat21 Jul 2022 | 38

BT strikes to start this month, 40,000 workers to down tools

Pay dispute rumbles on, industrial action scheduled for 29 July and 1 August

Off-Prem15 Jul 2022 | 88

BT strike action is coming: Comms union to serve notice to company

It's good to talk, national telco used to say in ad campaigns.... clearly that didn't include unions and pay disputes

Networks14 Jul 2022 | 26

UK government extends review of BT stake owned by French tycoon Patrick Drahi

Altice bigwig now telco's largest shareholder but denies it's a takeover attempt

Networks13 Jul 2022 | 9

Union tells BT: Commit to pay rise talks next week or else

Exclusive First nationwide strikes since 1987 edging closer, warns CWU

Networks08 Jul 2022 | 61

BT to sell private 5G networks powered by Ericsson kit

If you fancy your own dedicated network there's another player in town – but don't ask how much it costs

Networks31 May 2022 | 3

UK government reviewing stake in BT owned by French tycoon Patrick Drahi

First use of National Security and Investment Act powers as Altice owner looks poised to increase stake further

Networks26 May 2022 | 17

BT: 'Quantum radios' could boost 5G network range

Tech exploits electromagnetically induced transparency to form highly sensitive electric field detector

Networks19 May 2022 | 14

Comms giant BT sees $30m+ savings in 5 years with ServiceNow project

IT and network services to replace 56 legacy workflow systems with ServiceNow

Applications11 May 2022 | 7

BT wins £26m extension on NI Oracle finance system project

Updated UK IT service provider sees contract value more than double 20 years after first work on system

Networks06 May 2022 | 4

BT signs deal with AWS with aim of speeding up digital transformation

Must ... cloudify ... internal .... apps, says giant as it continues to push modernization project

PaaS + IaaS05 May 2022 | 23

BT starts commercial trial of quantum secured London network

Updated 3-year deal with Toshiba to run tech with customers across the CIty, West End, and Slough

Networks28 Apr 2022 | 27

Timetable for industrial action ballot against BT imminent

CWU deputy secretary demands better pay for staff amid cost-of-living crisis

Networks25 Apr 2022 | 6

Union rejects latest BT pay offer, calls for ballot on industrial action

CWU wants 10% for members, cites biting inflation rises in UK

Networks08 Apr 2022 | 10

BT must 'prioritize' between 'shareholders and workers' says union boss

Rejects offer of flat rate payrise, calling offer a 'relative pay cut' due to inflation

Networks30 Mar 2022 | 25

Northern Ireland aims to break free from BT's 27-year reign with £125m procurement of land registry systems

Telco won't be gone until 2026 as Land and Property Services plans epic project timeline

Networks06 Jan 2022 | 15

French telco tycoon Patrick Drahi ups Altice UK's stake in BT to 18%, says he is not planning a takeover... at least not yet

UK.gov talks tough: 'We will not hesitate to act if required to protect our critical national telecoms infrastructure'

Networks14 Dec 2021 | 22

BT 'UK's most powerful Wi-Fi'? Why, fie, for shame! – ads watchdog

Blood hath been shed 'ere now. Take that claim down anon, orders ASA

Networks27 Feb 2019 | 70

Openreach annual review: Eat fibre and be merry, we fixed the faults before you called

The sun is sunny and the dark fibre access is virtual

Networks27 Jul 2018 | 14

Form an orderly queue, people: 31,000 BT staff go to Openreach in October

Incumbent 'committed' to give it greater 'strategic independence'

On-Prem24 Jul 2018 | 52

Hey cellcos: Guess who's got your backhaul still? That's right. Big daddy BT

Radioheads roar over cloud RAN backhaul leap for G.fast

Networks16 Feb 2016 | 14

Forced sale of Openreach division would put BT broadband investment at risk, says CEO

Infrastructure in danger

Networks12 May 2015 | 61

What time do you call this, BT? Late, state-funded broadband rollout plods on

Ministry of Fun celebrates 80% network coverage. Whoop!

Channel09 Feb 2015 | 26

Then there were 3: Another UK mobile network borged ...

Analysis ... and what it all means for speed, coverage and phone masts

Networks23 Jan 2015 | 41

Virgin Media to hike broadband prices by nearly 7 per cent

Our top speed is twice as fast as crappy BT-owned copper networks, says CEO

Networks12 Nov 2013 | 91

Fibre boosters trip the light fantastic with 800G BPS LINKS

And more on the way

Networks26 May 2013 | 9

NHS goes for in-cloud security from Zscaler

Looking to throttle YouTube layabouts bandwidth

SaaS01 Jul 2011 | 3

BT earmarks 66 more exchanges for fibre-to-the-cabinet upgrade

Bucket and spade required

Networks14 Jun 2011 | 51

BT to embrace IPTV as it upgrades broadband network to multicast

BT's network about to become very video-friendly

Legal30 May 2011 | 24

Dear Mr Beefy ex-soldier: Your BT needs you

A land fingered by heroes

Channel05 May 2011 | 27

BT Openreach's founding father quits job

Steve Robertson out as Olivia Garfield takes on CEO role

Networks15 Mar 2011 | 5

BT's unified comm cloud goes global

Invades US, mainland Europe, Asia

Channel09 Dec 2009 | 4

BT squares up to Google Voice with Ribbit Mobile

Industry comment It's all internetty but also very telecommy

Networks04 Nov 2009 | 8