Total retail and wholesale fixed broadband connections reached an estimated 29.37 million at the end of Q2 2026, up just 1,000 quarter-on-quarter from 29.36 million and marking the flattest headline quarter in Point Topic’s recent tracking. Consumer segments accounted for approximately 27.06 million connections, down 9,310 in the quarter, while retail business connections rose to […]
Digital infrastructure provider Openreach has announced a further 112 new exchange locations, covering than half a million new premises (554,918) across the UK, where the business plans to halt the sale of traditional copper-based phone and broadband services to encourage people to upgrade to new digital services over an ultrafast Full Fibre connection The business […]
BT has reported Q1 revenue of £4.3 billion (€5bn), flat year-on-year. Adjusted UK service revenue £3.8 billion down 1 per cent, as growth in broadband and Corporate and Public Sector in Business and customer base growth in Consumer were offset by declines in voice. The telco’s FTTP footprint increased to 23.4 million, an increase of […]
After England’s semi-final defeat on July 15th ended hopes of bringing the World Cup home, the assumption may have been that fans would switch off rather than stay up for the third-place match. But BT network analysis suggests there was still a clear appetite to see how England’s tournament would end. During England v France […]
BT and the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society are using 5G+ network slicing at this year’s Royal Welsh Show to help power mission-critical services, support local businesses and enable real-time content sharing at one of the UK’s largest agricultural events. From helping Welsh food and drink businesses process payments during peak trading periods to enabling reliable livestreaming and real-time […]
Lutz Schüler, chief executive at multiplay operator Virgin Media O2, has called on regulators to take action to ensure there is effective competition to BT’s fibre infrastructure provider Openreach. Writing in a blog post, Schüler says that even with billions of pounds of investment over the past decade, the UK’s fibre landscape is now more […]
nexfibre, the joint venture between InfraVia Capital Partners, Liberty Global and Telefónica, has announced the appointment of Ses Indy as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Indy joins nexfibre from BT Openreach and brings more than 25 years of experience across digital infrastructure and fixed telecommunications. Throughout his career, he has held senior commercial leadership roles and […]
England fans may be a little hoarse and blurry-eyed in the aftermath of their Round of 16 victory, but BT’s broadband network data suggests the nation was wide awake when it mattered. During England’s late-night World Cup match against Mexico, BT saw a 1,398 per cent increase in peak BBC iPlayer traffic compared with the […]
BT and US telco Verizon Communications have announced the signing of an agreement to combine their respective international enterprise operations into a 50:50 joint venture – in a move they say is set to transform international connectivity. The new joint venture will focus on serving multinational organisations. It is expected to serve more than 3,000 […]
ITV and STV have announced that live coverage of Scotland’s World Cup Group C fixture against Morocco on June 19th drew a TV peak audience of 6 million viewers across ITV1, STV, ITVX and STV Player. The match secured a commanding 81 per cent share of TV viewing at its peak. The game peaked with […]