Openreach

Consolidation looms for UK broadband providers

Too many small fish in the pond mean the bigger ones are about to enjoy a feeding frenzy

Networks27 Sep 2022 | 58

CityFibre loses appeal against Openreach discounts for ISPs

Tribunal says broadband company failed to show it had been treated unfairly by regulator's decision

Legal22 Jul 2022 | 29

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 shelves efforts to find investor to share FTTP build, says Openreach can run project alone

Oh and that company-wide cost-cutting programme is 18 months ahead of schedule

Networks04 Nov 2021 | 26

Remember the bloke who was told by Zen Internet to contact his MP about crap service? Yeah, it's still not fixed

Fear not! Issue is at the 'highest level of escalation,' says ISP

Networks26 Jul 2021 | 70

Why won't you copper-ate? Openreach offers capped fibre line rental to wholesalers in bid to shift all that FTTP

Nation's broadband plumber increasingly desperate to ditch its copper network

Networks01 Jul 2021 | 22

Openreach to UK businesses: Switch is about to hit the fan. Prepare for withdrawal of the copper-based phone network now or risk disruption

PSTN to be axed in 2025

Networks01 Jul 2021 | 53

Give me a (tax) break: UK broadband plumber Openreach to almost double the number of rural premises to receive FTTP

Amazing how being able to write off 130% of infrastructure deployment focuses minds

Networks28 May 2021 | 19

10.8 million UK homes now have access to gigabit-capable broadband, with much of the legwork done by Virgin Media

That's 37% of the country covered, and BT is expected to pick up the pace too

Networks14 May 2021 | 47

Openreach slaps another 5 million premises on top of FTTP connection target, expects to pay 'minimal tax in the UK' over next few years

We'll hire 7,000 to get it done by 2026, says boss

Networks13 May 2021 | 10

On eve of national industrial ballot, BT, EE, Openreach agree to temporarily suspend compulsory redundancies

Exclusive Well, the telco always said it's good to talk: Negotiations over jobs, pay, grading, and more set for this month

Networks12 May 2021 | 14

Copper load of this: Openreach outlines 77 new locations where it'll stop selling legacy phone and broadband products

You can't buy this kind of service. No, literally

Networks11 May 2021 | 49

Broadband plumber Openreach yanks legacy copper phone lines in Suffolk town of Mildenhall en route to getting the UK on VoIP

Just four years to go before planned switch-off

Networks07 May 2021 | 87

Openreach out and hike prices on legacy fixed-line products: Broadband plumber pulls trigger after Ofcom gives the nod

BT Group arm says it'll 'encourage' switch to modern kit; ISP says consumers on legacy CAN'T switch

Networks01 Apr 2021 | 68

Ofcom says no price controls on full-fibre broadband until 2031, giving BT's Openreach the kick to 'build like fury'

Analyst: 'Ultimate winner is BT as it's avoided cost-based regulation for next half decade'

Networks18 Mar 2021 | 38

Communication Workers Union to hold national ballot for members at BT, Openreach and EE over strike action

37 years later and former state-owned telco might be facing its own Black Monday

Networks12 Mar 2021 | 15

Day 5 of Openreach strikes: No use of tech company toilets. No water. Fresh dates outlined

Updated 'No access to buildings' for striking Repayment Project engineers, confirms company

Networks05 Mar 2021 | 27

Copper broadband phaseout will leave UK customers with higher bills and less choice, says comparison site

It seems people are OK with paying more for faster internet, though

Networks25 Feb 2021 | 93

3 is the magic number? Openreach repayment project engineers add extra consecutive strike dates

18 months of dispute over new grading structure and counting...

Networks18 Feb 2021 | 2

Want your broadband fixed? Best write to your MP, UK's Zen Internet tells customer

Well, that's a new one

Networks18 Feb 2021 | 66

48-hour strike action: Openreach repayment project engineers confirm it's on

Exclusive 18 months after dispute emerged, techies say enough is enough

Networks11 Feb 2021 | 13

Openreach engineers vote to strike amid changes to job grading structure

Overwhelming majority stand up to down tools, BT has days to meet with Communication Workers Union

Networks09 Feb 2021 | 19

BT Group: Enterprise sales dip continues, ditto roaming-smacked consumer revs... but UK happily eating its fibre

Openreach FTTP doing very well, thanks

Networks04 Feb 2021 |

Openreach out: UK union asks all of its members to back disgruntled cable engineers

BT-owned infrastructure firm workers in dispute over pay and terms

Networks19 Jan 2021 | 4

Union warns Openreach that engineers are ready to vote for industrial action over new grading structure

BT-owned broadband plumbing biz says it's 'surprised and saddened'

Networks13 Jan 2021 | 15

BT parachutes in former HSBC exec to run new Digital unit

Harmeen Mehta will handle telco's internal rewiring and tech product strategy

Networks12 Jan 2021 | 13

'Massive game-changer for UK altnet industry': BT-owned UK comms backbone Openreach hikes prices on FTTP-linked leased line circuits

Alternative networks have Ofcom on speed-dial

Networks03 Dec 2020 | 80

Ancient telly borked broadband for entire Welsh village

Single high-level impulse noise kicked in with morning cuppa. Owner vows never to use the set again

Personal Tech22 Sep 2020 | 175

Openreach boss denies BT selling stake in UK's national broadband plumber

KCOM owner Macquarie was said to be among suitors

Networks15 May 2020 | 20

Openreach tells El Reg it'll kill off copper sales in 118 UK locations next year

Comms regulator Ofcom yet to rubberstamp proposals

Networks13 May 2020 | 54

BT Openreach prepares to declare UK MBORCed* as all new phone line installations halted over coronavirus

Updated *Not a new backcronym, but 'Matters Beyond Our Reasonable Control'

Networks25 Mar 2020 | 25

Broadband providers can now flog Openreach's new IP voice network in bid to ditch UK's copper phone lines by 2025

Needing a landline will soon be a thing of the past

Networks03 Mar 2020 | 117

Looking for a great value broadband deal? War-torn Syria will do you proud

UK internet costs shamed by European colleagues, but at least it's not Eritrea

Networks21 Jan 2020 | 41

Go on, eat your fibre, new build contractors. It's free! OpenReach lowers limit for free FTTP connections

You may not have plumbing to the premises, but by god you'll have fibre

Networks14 Jan 2020 | 27

Not to Nokia, but someone's seeking a third Huawei: Openreach hunts supplier number 3 for UK's FTTP network

Updated Did somebody say strategic diversification?

Networks26 Nov 2019 | 9

Openreach's cunning plan to 'turbocharge' the post-Brexit economy: Getting everyone on full-fibre broadband by 2025

£59bn boost – 'if we can get right conditions to invest'

Networks11 Oct 2019 | 56

Promise of £5bn for rural fibre prompts Openreach to reach for the trench-digging diamond cutter

Trials new tech to hit those difficult-to-reach areas

Networks07 Oct 2019 | 61

Switch about to get real: Openreach bod on the challenge of shuttering UK's copper phone lines

Interview With 2025 deadline, potential for disruption is huge

Networks23 Sep 2019 | 124

You better get a wiggle on then: BT said to be mulling switching off UK's copper internets by 2027

Would that be the 'secret talks' Openreach is consulting on?

Networks19 Sep 2019 | 72

Cu in Hell: Thousands internetless after copper thieves pinch 500m of cable in Cambridgeshire

Openreach network targeted for second time in 2 weeks

Networks06 Sep 2019 | 118

Openreach hands out £14m to compensate for broadband outages. Not to you, silly, to your ISP!

BT's digital network biz noticed it wasn't paying out enough

Networks02 Aug 2019 | 10

Virgin Media promises speeds of 1Gpbs to 15 million homes – all without full fibre

But industry is sceptical hybrid network tech will cut it

Networks25 Jul 2019 | 64

UK digital network Openreach takes 15 electric vans for a spin

Just another 22,000 to go...

Science25 Jul 2019 | 113

With heroes like BT and Openreach, who needs villains? ISP lobbyists' awards continue to vex

How you holding up, Mozilla?

Networks12 Jul 2019 | 15

Openreach needs to snap that BT umbilical cord, warns Ofcom

Oh and surprise, surprise... full fibre roll-out remains 'low'

Networks03 Jul 2019 | 47

Underground network targets Salisbury: Not the Russian death crew, this time it's Openreach laying fibre-optic cables

Ground-penetrating radar and micro ducting to keep that lovely cathedral untouched

Networks13 Jun 2019 | 25

Ofcom to Openreach: Thou shalt prise open thy network for firms targeting biz customers

Updated Comms regulator demands BT sub lets more fibre cable layers access its poles and ducts

Networks24 May 2019 | 29

What's holding up the 5G utopia in Britain? Quite a lot, actually

Special Report Views from the morning after the night before

Networks22 Mar 2019 | 18

Openreach to heap faster broadband on UK's media-heavy hubs

Good news if you're in London or Salford (or Glasgow or Manchester)

Networks28 Jan 2019 | 21

After all that! Ofcom proposes BT as only broadband universal services provider for whole of UK (except Hull)

Just 8 telcos applied, most didn't meet critera

Networks05 Dec 2018 | 21

Openreach names 81 lucky locations to be plugged into its super-zippy Gfast pipe

Take a look up the railtrack, from Barking to Faversham

Networks26 Nov 2018 | 47

Openreach hacks full-fibre broadband prices for developers... Property developers, that is

Sorry, programmers. No bowel-moving discounts for you

Networks26 Oct 2018 | 25

UK's Openreach sends full fibre to Coventry

Slow your roll... only Radford's hooked up for now

Networks03 Oct 2018 | 26

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

East Midlands network-sniffer wails: Openreach, fix my outage-ridden line

UK techie's tests reveal half-dozen daily fails, infrastructure bods vow to look into it

Legal11 Jul 2018 | 89

Openreach consults on shift of 16 MEEELLION phone lines to VoIP by 2025

Eat your fibre, it's good for you!

Legal15 May 2018 | 88