BT Group has announced that, with immediate effect, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, and Gopal Vittal, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Airtel Limited, will join the Board of BT Group as non-independent non-executive directors. Mittal and Vittal will join the Board pursuant to a relationship agreement as the nominated […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has published its annual Openreach Monitoring Report for 2024/25. In 2018, digital infrastructure provider Openreach legally separated from BT, establishing its own board, staff, management and strategy, with a duty to serve all customers equally. Ofcom accepted a number of commitments offered by BT to help ensure Openreach’s independence. Ofcom monitors […]
MainStreaming, the Edge Video Delivery Network, has announced a partnership with BT Group to deliver high-performance, scalable and efficient video streaming across BT’s mobile and fixed networks nationwide. Through deep integration with BT’s network – leveraging on-net capabilities – MainStreaming will launch into the UK market with enhanced delivery capacity tailored for the UK’s largest […]
BT has completed the sale of its Irish wholesale and enterprise business unit to Speed Fibre Group. The transaction, first announced in February and valued at €22 million, has now been cleared by the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. BT will maintain a presence in Ireland post divestment, with over 300 colleagues serving multinational companies […]
NEP Europe, a provider of media services and part of NEP Group, has announced the strengthening of NEP Connect’s leadership team with two senior appointments. Paul Bond will join NEP Connect as Commercial Director, effective September 15th. Bond brings deep industry expertise across the media and telecommunications sectors, having held senior leadership roles at BT. In addition, Chris Wright, has been […]
UK telco BT has been required to refund or credit £18 million (€20.7m) to customers, following enforcement action by regulator Ofcom. In 2024, Ofcom fined BT £2.8 million after it failed to provide customers with clear and simple contract information before signing up to a new deal. The company broke Ofcom’s consumer protection rules designed […]
Allison Kirkby, BT Chief Executive, commenting on the telco’s first quarter results said: “BT has had a solid start to the year, with our full fibre broadband now reaching more than 19 million homes and businesses and our 5G network available to over 87 per cent of the UK population. We’re seeing strong customer demand […]
BT Group has announced a collaboration with global racing championship, SailGP, which will see its 5G Standalone network slicing capabilities deliver critical connectivity to underpin the event’s operations and enhance the fan experience at the Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix in Portsmouth (July 19th-20th). As official technology supplier for the Portsmouth event, in which […]
An economic study published by BT Group predicts that delivering a highly resilient, nationwide high-capacity mobile network could unlock up to £230 billion in economic benefits by 2035, as well as a broad range of social and environmental benefits for the UK. The report calls for UK Government to support accelerated mobile network deployment by […]
BT has reported full year revenues (to March 31st) of £20.4 billion (€24.2bn), down 2 per cent, mainly attributed to continued challenging trading conditions in Global and non-UK Portfolio channels and weaker handset trading in Consumer, offsetting the benefit of FTTP growth in Openreach and price increases. Adjusted UK service revenue was at £15.6 billion, […]