Struggling Vodafone and BT to update the City on turnaround efforts May 13, 2024 A highly competitive market, heavy debts, tight regulation and dividend cuts are to blame for Vodafone and BT's poor performance.
Cityfibre: Network provider hits profitability in challenge to BT Openreach and Virgin Media May 8, 2024 Cityfibre recently announced its acquisition of network provider Lit Fibre, which has boosted its full fibre rollout by up to 300,000 sites.
BT taps Blackstone boss to lead communications team May 2, 2024 British telecoms firm BT has tapped top Blackstone executive Stephen Lewis to join its executive management team and lead all communications.
BT to revamp Britain’s ‘street furniture’ by converting old payphones into advertising screens March 28, 2024 Starting 2025, BT will partner with media company Global over the following decade to revamp the old payphones into advertising screens.
Government to fully fund apprenticeships for small firms, Rishi Sunak to announce March 18, 2024 The government will fully fund apprenticeships for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with a £60m investment in up to 20,000 training places, Rishi Sunak will announce.
BT Tower to be turned into Heatherwick-designed hotel by US giant February 21, 2024 London's iconic BT Tower has been sold to a US hotels giant for £275m - who will give it a new life as a hotel
I feel ‘personally responsible’ for the UK economy says BT boss February 8, 2024 The weight of keeping British businesses up and running is a heavy one according to the boss of BT’s business unit, Bas Burger.
BT: Openreach grows as business unit lags for Britain’s biggest telecoms firm February 1, 2024 BT is showing shoots of growth, with total revenue up three per cent in the nine months to December, after it added 432k Openreach customers.
What has new BT boss Allison Kirkby got in store for the telco? January 27, 2024 BT's first female boss Allison Kirkby has a strong CV but the telecoms veteran has a tough job ahead of her.
Could Elon Musk fix Britain’s rural connection gaps? BT is mulling a deal with Starlink January 15, 2024 BT is in talks with Starlink, Elon Musk's internet satellite 'constellation', as it tries to plug connectivity gaps in remote areas.