BT hopes to complete EE acquisition by the end of 2015-16 financial year but still has mobile plans before then
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BT ‘Overestimates’ BDUK Fibre Rollout By £92m Say MPs
Public Accounts Committee report says the cost of rural broadband rollout could be a lot less than expected
BT Plots 500Mbps ‘Ultrafast’ Broadband With G.Fast Trials
G.Fast could provide boost to speeds without need to lay new fibre cables
BT Will Launch Mobile Network Even If It Doesn’t Buy EE
BT says talks with EE's owners are going well, but it hasn't abandoned 'Plan B' yet
TalkTalk Business Offers ‘Flexible’ Voice And Data Package In Bid To Beat BT
TalkTalk Business lets firms add and remove phone lines on demand, 20Mbps and inclusive minutes for 'less than' BT equivalent
Ofcom: BT Must Maintain ‘Margins’ To Keep Superfast Broadband Market Competitive
Ofcom says BT can still set wholesale fibre prices but not in a way that limits superfast competition
BT Looks To Give London A Speed Boost With “Fibre To The Basement” Trial
‘Fibre to the basement’ technology could provide faster network speeds to homes and businesses in built-up areas
It’s Official – BT Announces £12.5bn Deal For EE, Shuns O2 Partnership
Deal sees BT take on around 24.5 million EE mobile customers across the UK
BT To Decide O2 And EE Takeover Plans Within ‘Ten Days’
BT board reportedly discusses mobile operator takeovers but has not yet made its decision
BT Wants UK To Embrace History Of Innovation On ‘National Inventors Day’
BT research reveals that most children and adults don't consider themselves to be inventive
Could Three Be About To Hijack BT’s Bid For O2?
Three's parent company Hutchinson Whampoa allegedly planning bid for O2 or EE
EE Owners Confirm Sale Talks With BT
BT is also reportedly in talks with Telefonica regarding possible sale of O2
Industry Group Says BT And Ofcom Are Stifling Broadband Competition
Ofcom and BT deny claims that current communications policy isn't creating a competitive market
BT Provides Telefonica With Exit Strategy To Avoid Quad-Play Wars
OPINION: AS the UK communications market becomes increasingly converged, not all can profit from the trend towards quad-play
BT Confirms O2 Takeover Talks
BT says it has entered negotiations with O2 and another operator regarding a potential takeover
Fibre Arrives In The Isles Of Scilly
First superfast broadband customers on the islands are connected after an unused undersea cable was diverted
Tesco Shoppers To Get Free In-Store BT Wi-Fi
Supermarket chain teams up with BT to offer free connection across UK stores
BDUK Connects 1.4m Homes And Businesses To Fibre
Government claims BDUK is helping the UK achieve one of the fastest superfast broadband rollouts in the world
Scottish BDUK Project Reaches 150,000 Properties
BT and Scottish Government praise the fastest BDUK rollout in the UK
New SMS-Based System Can Track Mobile Phone 999 Calls To Within 30 Metres
BT, EE and HTC say Advanced Mobile Location (AML) is 4,000 times more accurate than current methods and could save lives
Royal Mail Unveils £130m Handhelds Push
Postmen and women will be equipped with new BT handsets from next year
3.3m Broadband Customers Now Get Fibre From BT Openreach
BT Results reveal increase in pre-tax profit but revenues slide as consumer gains are eroded elsewhere
BT Provides Somerset Village With Microwave Superfast Broadband
BT connects Northlew with a 4km microwave link, providing speeds of 80Mbps
BT Wins Welsh Public-Sector Broadband Contract
BT is to take over from Logicalis in running Wales' public-sector broadband scheme, the Welsh government has confirmed
BT Launches Shared Internet Service For Housing Associations
BT says new service will make it easier and cheaper for people in social housing to get online
BT And Huawei Achieve 3Tbps Fibre Record
BT says flexgrid compression techniques could squeeze even more bandwidth out of its fibre network
BT Next Generation Text Relay Service To Make Real Time Communications More Accessible
BT Next Generation Text offers superior real time communications for those with speech and hearing impairments on Android, iOS and PC
Technical Hitches To Delay BT Mobile Consumer Launch
BT Mobile ambitions are being hampered by problems in handing over traffic from 4G to Wi-Fi, according to reports
UK Cable Broadband “Now Faster Than Fibre”, Says Ofcom
Watchdog survey also finds average UK broadband speed rose over last six months, with Virgin Media offering the fastest service
Cisco Ramps Up Cloud Push With $1bn Investment
30 new partners including BT and Deutsche Telekom signed up for Intercloud network