Openreach

Average UK Broadband Speed Of 16.51Mbps Is ’31st Fastest’ In The World

UK compares well to the rest of the world in terms of broadband, but experts say more FTTP is needed…

7 years ago

USO: BT Offers To Fund And Build 10Mbps Broadband For Everyone

Government launches consultation for universal service obligation for broadband but it might not be needed if BT alternative is accepted

7 years ago

Ofcom Sets Up BT Openreach Monitoring Unit

Ofcom outlines how it plans to make sure Openreach is acting independently of BT

7 years ago

Openreach Starts Removing BT From Its Brand

Openreach will remove BT from its logo, vehicles and equipment by 2021 as part of phased rebranding

7 years ago

Severed Fibre Cables Cause BT, TalkTalk And Sky Broadband Outage

Openreach works to fix severed cables that have affected customers of several broadband providers in East Sussex

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: Fibre Broadband & The Ultrafast Future

The UK is going ultrafast with FTTP and G.Fast, but what do you know about fibre and the future?

7 years ago

BT Trials Speed Boosts & AI Deployment For Core Network & FTTP

BT trials new tech that makes FTTP '40 times faster' and its core network have record wavelengths of 400Gbps. It's…

7 years ago

Openreach Fibre Broadband Reaches 26.5m As BT Looks At ‘Large Scale’ FTTP Rollout

BT & Openreach make broadband and 4G gains despite accounting issues and Ofcom regulatory pressure

8 years ago

Ofcom Details Plan To Open Up BT Openreach Ducts & Poles

Regulator wants rivals to have fair access to BT's underground pipes and telegraph poles

8 years ago

TalkTalk Advances Dark Fibre Plans After Winning BT Cost Appeal

TalkTalk says Ofcom's method for determining dark fibre access caps were miscalculated and is preparing business broadband products for October.

8 years ago

Ofcom Orders BT Openreach To Reduce Cost Of Superfast Broadband

Ofcom says cheaper superfast broadband will incentivise ultrafast rollout and new Openreach targets will boost service levels

8 years ago

Ofcom Fines BT £42m For Breaching Ethernet Contract Commitments

BT sets aside £300m to compensate Openreach customers who had compensation payments reduced because of retrospective Ethernet deadline extensions

8 years ago

BT Openreach Makes ‘First’ 330Mbps G.Fast Broadband Connection In Kent

BT Openreach gets first official G.Fast broadband customer in Gillingham, Kent as trials continue

8 years ago

Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (10th March 2017)

Can you remember what happened in the IT world over the past seven days?

8 years ago

Convenient BT Openreach Compromise Paves Way For Fibre-First Britain

ANALYSIS: Legal separation of BT and Openreach suits all parties as UK's fibre rollout advances to the next stage

8 years ago

BT Agrees To Legally Separate Openreach

BT will make Openreach a separate company with own brand, staff, board, budget and strategy - but it won't be…

8 years ago

Former Union Boss Joins BT Openreach Board Amid Breakup Pressure

New appointees for BT Openreach board to guide organisation amid intense seperation pressure

8 years ago

Ofcom Details How Third Parties Could Share BT Openreach Ducts And Poles

The regulator wants to make it easier for competitors to access BT's infrastructure in order to boost investment in all-fibre…

8 years ago

Ofcom Notifies EC Of Plans To Legally Split BT & Openreach

Talks between BT and Ofcom fail to result in agreement over Openreach future

8 years ago

Government Pledges £400m For ‘Ultrafast’ FTTP Broadband Rollout

Chancellor Philip Hammond set to detail new funds for 'full fibre' but who will get money for FTTP?

8 years ago

BT Openreach Boosts FTTP Speeds From 330Mbps To 1Gbps

BT continues its rollout of FTTP broadband and will let other providers offer businesses up to 1Gbps

8 years ago

BT Now Has 4.5m Fibre Broadband And 17.6m 4G Subscribers

BT is boosted by EE and fibre but other providers secure more than half of Openreach superfast additions for the…

8 years ago

Sky Calls For Openreach Separation As BT-Ofcom Talks ‘Falter’

Sky calls for BT Openreach to be separated (again), arguing UK could fall behind rivals. Meanwhile, talks on independence have…

8 years ago

BT Openreach Picks G.Fast Suppliers As Trials Reach London

BT reveals 12 more G.Fast trials and confirms Huawei and Nokia as equipment suppliers as Openreach continues ultrafast broadband push

8 years ago

BT Trials Long Reach VDSL Broadband In Outer Hebrides

Scottish island plays host to Openreach long reach broadband trials

8 years ago

BT Rolls Out FTTP In London’s West End

Follow the money! Around 3,000 homes and businesses connected to 'micro cable' FTTP broadband in Mayfair

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: The History Of BT

BT's been in the news again but what do you know about the UK's biggest mobile and broadband provider?

8 years ago

BT Gets EE Boost, Now Has 4.3m Fibre Broadband And 16.7m 4G Subscribers

BT gets boost from EE's mobile and SMB businesses as it snaps up 79 percent of all new broadband connections…

8 years ago

Analysts Unsurprised At Ofcom Decision Not To Split BT Openreach

ANALYSIS: Telecoms experts say it was never likely Ofcom would liberate Openreach but warn its last chance saloon for BT…

8 years ago

UK Telecoms Industry Disappointed BT Gets To Keep Openreach

ANALYSIS: Rival broadband providers and mobile operators welcome moves to make Openreach independent but aren't convinced it will solve underlying…

8 years ago