Openreach

BT Openreach To Become Separate Company With Independent CEO

Ofcom orders Openreach to be a legally separate company with its own board, CEO and budgets but won't separate it…

8 years ago

BT Chairman: We’re Prepared To Create Independent Openreach Board

BT Chairman Sir Mike Rake accepts more must be done about Openreach transparency and service levels but warns formal separation…

8 years ago

What Was Wrong With BT Broadband This Week?

ANALYSIS: Was your connection down this week? BT broadband suffered from two separate data centre outages in two consecutive days.…

8 years ago

MPs Tell BT To Up Broadband Investment Or Face Openreach Separation

DCMS select committee says BT is not spending enough on broadband infrastructure and Openreach service levels are suffering

8 years ago

BT Openreach Repairs And Installations At Are ‘Best Ever’ Level

Openreach CEO praises staff and network investments as BT tries to fend off calls for Ofcom to make the open…

8 years ago

BT Trials Openreach Fibre Ducts And Poles Access With 5 Broadband Providers

BT presses ahead with Ofcom demand to make it easier for other providers to access Openreach's ducts and poles to…

8 years ago

Openreach CEO Supports BT’s Calls To Remain In The EU

Openreach CEO Clive Selley says a Brexit would harm end users, third party providers and BT, risking future broadband investment

8 years ago

How Will The Government Deliver 10Mbps Broadband For Every Business?

A proposed USO will allow businesses to demand certain speeds for the first time, but what shape will it take…

8 years ago

BT To Offer 1Gbps Broadband To SMBs As FTTP Rollout Starts

BT Openreach will allow communications providers to offer 1Gbps in nine cities form December as FTTP rollout gathers pace

8 years ago

Openreach CEO: Now Is The Time To Go From Superfast To Ultrafast Broadband

Openreach CEO Clive Selley says his engineering background will influence his tenure as BT starts its rollout of G.Fast and…

8 years ago

Virgin Media Targets New Homes As Broadband Expansion Continues

Virgin Media invites home builders to get their properties connected from day one, encouraging home buyers

8 years ago

TalkTalk: BT Openreach Should Be Separated Despite Our 1Gbps FTTP Broadband Plans

TalkTalk plans to bring FTTP to 10m homes and businesses, but says it can't deliver ultrafast broadband on its own

9 years ago

Sky, TalkTalk And Vodafone Outline Vision For ‘BT-Free’ Openreach

Broadband rivals want Openreach to have full control of assets, be overseen by an independent board and have its own…

9 years ago

BT £6bn Ultrafast Broadband Rollout Will Connect 12m To G.Fast Or FTTP

BT discloses more details on how it plans to deliver ultrafast broadband to "majority" of the UK within a decade

9 years ago

Six Million UK Homes And Businesses Are Connected To BT Openreach Fibre

BT gets more than half of all new superfast broadband additions and 81 percent of brand new copper and fibre…

9 years ago

Hull Has The Slowest Broadband Of Any Major UK City

Research shows Middlesbrough and Belfast outpace London, but just 22 out of 42 urban areas have averages of 24Mbps or…

9 years ago

BT Raises Standard Fibre Package Speeds To 52Mbps

BT makes its entry level fibre package a bit faster, claims its speedier than any of its rivals

9 years ago

Openreach Fibre Network Reaches 25m Properties

BT Openreach network passes significant milestone as 95 percent coverage target nears

9 years ago

Is Dominant KCOM Giving Hull Businesses The Best Broadband It Can?

Hull has cream phone boxes, not red. It also has one single dominant ISP and it's not BT. But KCOM…

9 years ago

Are The Government’s Satellite Broadband Plans Working?

The government believes satellite can deliver 2Mbps and beyond to properties beyond the reach of fibre, but suppliers and politicians…

9 years ago

BT Plans FTTP Trial In Bradford And More G.Fast Pilots In Ultrafast Broadband Push

BT says FTTP trial will help it develop a 1Gbps service for SMBs and has promised to connect all new…

9 years ago

TalkTalk: BT Openreach Split Is Only Way To Solve Ofcom’s Concerns

TalkTalk reiterates calls for Openreach separation, claiming no concessions can stop BT from having too much influence

9 years ago

Virgin Media: Ultrafast Broadband Doesn’t Need To Be ‘Regulated Into Existence’

Virgin Media says its network investment shows there is no need for more regulation and is concerned that Ofcom will…

9 years ago

Ofcom: We Want Network-Level Broadband Competition

Ofcom director of strategy says its main goal is helping deliver ultrafast broadband, not separating BT or promoting a particular…

9 years ago

Can Ofcom Get Openreach Reform From BT Without Messy Divorce?

BLOG: Just like NFL owners have threatened to relocate to Los Angeles to get what they want, Ofcom hopes the…

9 years ago

BT: ‘Voluntary Agreement’, Not Legal Action Is Best Way To Fix Openreach

BT regulatory head says working together will benefit consumers and communications providers

9 years ago

Sky CEO: BT Openreach Is Holding UK Broadband Back

As Ofcom review nears its conclusion, Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch once again calls for BT and Openreach to be split…

9 years ago

BT Openreach Makes Offer To Connect Every New Home In UK

Openreach says it will offer to connect new homes for free or as part of a joint-funding agreement with developers…

9 years ago

MPs Report: BT And Openreach ‘Natural Monopoly’ Should Be Separated

A report backed by 121 MPs says BT and Openreach should be separated for the good of the UK's broadband…

9 years ago

BT Open To Deutsche Telekom Partnerships After EE Deal

BT Chairman says European partnership possible and reiterates calls for Openreach to remain within BT

9 years ago