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BT revenues dip

BT Group has reported Q3 Adjusted revenue of £5.2 billion (€6.2bn), down 3 per cent year-on-year mainly attributed to continued challenging non-UK trading conditions in its Global and Portfolio channels and weaker handset trading in Consumer, offsetting the impact of FTTP growth in Openreach and price increases. Allison Kirkby, Chief Executive, commenting on the results, […]

January 30, 2025

nexfibre urges regulatory consistency in full fibre roll-out

nexfibre has released a report, UK Fibre: A Fork In the Road, outlining a series of recommendations for Ofcom’s upcoming Telecoms Access Review (TAR) with the objective of maintaining investment in the roll out of full fibre in the UK, promoting sustainable competition in the market and restraining anticompetitive behaviour from the dominant operator. The […]

January 14, 2025

Zayo Europe names O’Connor as CLO

Zayo Europe, the fibre network infrastructure provider, has appointed Caroline O’Connor as Chief Legal Officer.  O’Connor will join Zayo Europe’s Executive Committee. In this new role, she will oversee all legal functions across Zayo Europe, including compliance, risk management, and corporate governance. She will be instrumental in enabling the company’s strategic ambitions as Zayo Europe […]

January 8, 2025

Report: UK is a nation of split-screeners

The UK has become a nation of split-screeners, secret streamers and event schemers according to research commissioned by BT Group. Network Wrapped is a new annual study that combines mobile and broadband data with consumer insights to reveal the latest trends around how the British public engaged with the biggest cultural moments of the year, […]

December 18, 2024

BT leans on AI for customer service

BT Group is transforming customer support through the integration of advanced AI and generative AI technologies, in collaboration with Sprinklr. The refreshed customer contact platform enhances the EE and BT customer experience through conversational AI, and enhances support processes for the Group’s customer service guides across its Business, Consumer and internal contact channels. BT Group […]

December 12, 2024

EE wins UK’s best network

EE has been named the winner of the umlaut connect 2025 Mobile Network Test in the UK, marking the 10th year in a row that it has been awarded this accolade and, in doing so, becoming the first UK operator to ever surpass a score of 900. The test was conducted by the independent benchmarking […]

December 3, 2024

Bharti buys Drahi BT stake

Bharti Enterprises has completed acquisition of a 24.5 per cent stake in UK’s BT Group from Patrick Drahi. The stake was sold via Altice UK in two parts, the second of which is now completed. Drahi is under pressure to sell off assets as his Altice Group grapples with €60 billion debt and the fallout […]

November 20, 2024

EE mast supports Ben Nevis rescue operations

EE has partnered with Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team (LMRT) to enable the use of an existing 35 metre mast site, located at the base of Ben Nevis, to aid search and rescue operations in the area. As well as providing connectivity to EE customers living in and visiting the area, and 999 coverage to all […]

November 14, 2024

BT cuts revenue guidance

BT has reported H1 2024 revenue of £10.1 billion (€12.1bn), down 3 per cent mainly attributed to challenging conditions in Business, principally driven by non-UK trading in its Global and Portfolio channels. In the rest of the Group, lower CPI benefit and continued competitive markets in Consumer were broadly offset by growth in Openreach due […]

November 7, 2024

BT expands Carbon Network Dashboard

BT has expanded its Carbon Network Dashboard to give business customers visibility of electricity consumption and carbon emissions at an individual workload and application level. The insight will allow them to optimise their data-centre and network infrastructure to manage emissions as they adopt AI applications at scale. AI can have significantly different impacts on networks […]

November 1, 2024