BT appoints first woman boss in 170-year history as Allison Kirkby to continue long-term fibre strategy July 31, 2023 BT has announced a successor for outgoing boss Philip Jansen, as Allison Kirkby, a former chief of Nordic telecoms giant Telia. The ailing British telecoms group appointed its first female boss in its 170 year history, who will take the reins from Jansen starting January 2024 “at the latest”. Jansen will continue to serve until [...]
BT: Departing Jansen’s investment in fibre and Openreach pays off with revenue jump July 27, 2023 Telecoms giant BT has today reported a notch up in revenue after continued successful roll out of their Openreach full fibre broadband. The British mobile network operator’s revenue grew to nearly £5.2m in the first quarter this year, up four per cent from the same period in 2022. This was mainly driven by revenue from [...]
TNT Sports replaces BT Sport in ‘clean slate’ – but bumps lie ahead July 18, 2023 TNT Sports will appear on the television screens of sport fanatics across the UK and Ireland from today, replacing BT Sport. It was revealed in February that BT Sport would undergo a rebrand to TNT Sports as part of a deal between the broadband giant and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), signed last autumn. The media [...]
BT boss Jansen pins share price slump on ‘short-term’ London investors July 16, 2023 BT's outgoing boss Philip Jansen has blamed a 'short term' outlook in London for his firm's lengthy share price slump in a defence of his tenure at the top of the telecoms giant.
BT successor has their work cut out, say analysts July 10, 2023 The successor of outgoing BT boss Philip Jansen faces a tough job ahead as the company battles poor earnings amid the pressure to rollout 5G, analysts have warned. It comes as BT confirmed today Jansen will step down “at an appropriate moment” within the next year. “Whoever takes the hot seat at BT will be [...]
BT boss Philip Jansen to step down within a year July 10, 2023 BT confirmed today boss Philip Jansen will step down “at an appropriate moment” within the next year. In a statement this morning, the telecoms giant said its nominations committee has been conducting a formal succession process. Adam Crozier, chair of BT Group, said: “Philip has done an excellent job in his time at BT and [...]
BT boss Jansen bags £1.8m bonus as group plans to slash workforce June 8, 2023 BT has revealed its boss took home a £1.8m bonus last year as the telecoms giant plans to shed up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade. Philip Jansen, the group’s chief executive, secured the annual bonus despite the firm’s sweeping cost-cutting plans raising the alarm among unions. He bagged the £1.8m in [...]
BT gets thumbs up from Ofcom to roll out new wholesale broadband pricing May 24, 2023 BT has been given the all-clear to roll out its discounted wholesale full-fibre offer to broadband providers after the telecoms watchdog found the proposals were not anti-competitive. BT’s network arm Openreach, which runs the UK’s only national broadband network, put forward plans for a pricing deal that would give lower prices to wholesale customers, such [...]
Altice ups stake in BT – but ‘does not intend’ to launch takeover bid May 23, 2023 Altice, the French telecoms firm, will up its stake in BT to 24.5 per cent, but it “does not intend” to make a takeover bid. The group owned by billionaire Patrick Drahi is BT’s largest shareholder, and said that it will acquire a further 650m shares, increasing its ownership to 2.5bn. It comes just a [...]
FTSE 100 close: BT and Burberry slump to bottom of London index as easyJet regains ground May 18, 2023 London’s FTSE 100 kicked higher this today, driven by retailers offsetting a sharp sell off in BT shares after it said it will shed 55,000 workers over the next decade. The capital’s premier index jumped 0.25 per cent to 7,742.29 points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health [...]