Starlink is offering a £35 (€40.36) monthly fee for its satellite broadband reception over the UK. The offer is available nationally except for London and the South-East of England. The areas with £35/month package can now get a 100Mb/s service with a £75 professional installation fee and no hardware fees, but users are signing a […]

Openreach has appointed Garret Kavanagh as its new Managing Director for Complex Engineering, effective from April 1st. Garret began his career as an engineering graduate at BT Group in 2006 and, since then, has built deep experience across a number of field operations and service delivery roles. For the past four years he has led […]

Openreach has announced the appointment of James Lowther as its new Managing Director for Commercial, effective January 2026. Lowther will join the Openreach Executive team and report to Deputy CEO, Katie Milligan, as the company strengthens its leadership during a pivotal period for the UK broadband market. Lowther brings more than 20 years of experience […]

BT has announced the launch of a sovereign platform which will deliver a suite of new digital sovereignty services for the UK private and public sector.   Assuring the control and management of operations, systems and data within a UK infrastructure platform – supported exclusively by UK-based staff where required – is key to providing digital […]

The UK broadband market regained momentum in Q3 2025, adding 64k subscribers and returning to growth across a total base of 28.94 million lines according to data from Point Topic. Full fibre (FTTP) adoption surged ahead at its fastest rate since nationwide rollouts began, reaching 11.56 million connections and overtaking FTTC for the first time, […]

Global, the Media & Entertainment Group, in partnership with BT, has commenced a nationwide rollout of new digital Street Hub units – an enhanced design that aim to revitalise high streets, improve public connectivity, and supercharge advertising across the UK. Building on the success of units launched in 2017, the new Street Hubs combine next-gen […]

BT and Starlink have announced what they describe as a “landmark agreement” which will bring Starlink’s satellite connectivity to BT and EE consumer broadband customers, complementing BT Group’s fibre and mobile networks to ensure no community is left behind in the digital age. The collaboration – a first in the UK and one of the […]

UK telco BT has revealed an ambition to deliver 5G standalone to 99 per cent of the UK population by the end of FY30 – four years ahead of any other UK mobile operator’s stated projections. In a blog post, Howard Watson, Chief Security and Networks Officer, BT Group, suggests that from the buzz of […]

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 […]