Indian investment company Bharti Global has taken a 24.5 percent stake in BT Group worth £4 billion by buying all the BT stock owned by Altice UK. Bharti Global is the key investment arm of India-based Bharti Enterprises, a conglomerate with interests in telecommunications, space, insurance, and other sectors. The company aims to leverage new

Ofcom has fined BT £17.5 million for being ill-prepared to respond to a catastrophic failure of its emergency call handling service last summer after network disruption affected 14,000 emergency calls in June 2023 and lasted 10.5 hours  BT connects 999 and 112 calls in the UK and provides relay services for deaf and speech-impaired people.

BT has torn apart the proposed Vodafone and Three merger in its response to the Competition and Markets Authority investigation into the planned merger and driven a coach and horses through any claim that the deal would be good for consumers. BT claims a merged network would have a disproportionate share of capacity and spectrum

Ofcom has fined BT £2.8m because subsidiaries EE and Plusnet  did not  provide more than a million customers with clear contract information before they signed up for a new deal. Ofcom said: “The company broke our consumer protection rules designed to ensure telecoms customers get clear, comparable information about the services they are considering buying.”

Self-repair company iFixit has scrapped its two-year-old Samsung Repair Hub because it “consistently faced obstacles that made us doubt Samsung’s commitment to making repair more accessible”. The Samsung Repair Hub aimed to provide local independent repair businesses with tools and parts to repair Galaxy devices Samsung UK says iFixit’s announcement is specific to Samsung US.

There are significant opportunities for channel partners to sell 5G and Unified Communications as a Service says BT Wholesale’s latest research study of employees, IT decision-makers, and resellers across various industries. The survey was of 250 UK respondents made up of employees, IT decision makers and resellers from accommodation, construction, IT/Comms, manufacturing, professional services, retail,

BT Group has started moving broadband-only connections off copper to digital landlines over full fibre broadband as part of its goal to switch all customers off the current PSTN by January 2027. BT Consumer has resumed non-voluntary migrations for customers who haven’t used their landline in 12 months and who aren’t classified as vulnerable or

The country’s public payphones will be tirned into high-speed connectivity hubs courtesy of BT and the Media & Entertainment group Global. The two companies have signed a 10-year partnership to upgrade legacy payphones and 2,000 payphones into digital hubs for local communities in more than 200 towns and cities that will provide public Wi-Fi and

Mobile News Awards winners Barclay Communications (Best B2B Dealer) and BT Wholesale (Best Wholesale Partner) have started a £6 million programme to upgrade 50,000 Northern Ireland businesses to high speed broadband this year. Businesses here who have access to full fibre to their premises can upogradetheir broadband at no extra cost to their monthly payments.

If you’ve ever wanted to spend the night at the BT Tower – rejoice. The BT Tower is being sold for for £275m to MCR Hotels, who plan to turn it into a hotel. The BT Tower is now largely obsolete as a telecoms facility as the all-digital age beclons. Ntwork operations provided from the

Virgin Media O2 and its shareholders Liberty Global and Telefónica are to challenge BT Openreach with their own net network company called NetCo to build fibre network infrastructure. The venture is ley to Virgin Media O2’s ambitious plan to upgrade 16 million homes across the UK to full fibre as a major competitor to BT’s

Etc., the startup and digital incubation arm of BT Group, has unveiled plans to convert street cabinets into electric vehicle charging stations. A series of technical trials will investigate the conversion of up to 60,000 cabinets across the UK to receive the shortage of charging points on UK roads. There are only 53,000 public EV

Reports that BT is facing massive fines for not meeting the deadline to remove Huawei equipment from its core network appear to be premature.

Nokia and BT Group have teamed up to build an ecosystem of developers to improve 5G monetisation.

Takeover talks between music Magpie and BT and Aurelius Investment have ended. A statement from music Magpie confirmed that acquisitive talks by BT and Aurelius investment had halted. “The Board of musicMagpie notes the announcement on 24 November 2023 from Aurelius Investment Advisory Ltd on behalf of investment entities managed or advised by it or

Leading re-commerce company Magpie is in takeover talks with both BT and pan-European alternative investment firm Aurelius Group A statement from musicMagpie said: “Discussions between the parties are ongoing and remain at a very early stage. Accordingly, there can be no certainty that any offer for the Company will be made from either of the

BT Group raked in £2.4 billion in mobile revenue or the First Half of 2023 according to recently released figures Mobile consumer subscriptions were the primary contributors, generating a substantial £1.83 billion. Business users brought in £592 million for the company.

BT Mobile was the most complained-about mobile operator between April and June, according to Ofcom.

BT Mobile was the most complained-about mobile provider in the first three months of the year says Ofcom. Customers complained mainly about issues with changing providers and how their complaints had been handled. Sky Mobile, Tesco Mobile, and EE attracted the fewest number of complaints during Q1.

A UK High Court has ruled that Chinese handset vendor OPPO must obtain a FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) license to use a Nokia patent covering 4G/LTE and 5G patents and an implementation patent involving the generation of a power supply signal for a power amplifier.

Marc Allera, the CEO of BT’s Consumer Division would be an ideal prime candidate to take over as  BT Group CEO from Philip Jansen (main pic) says top telco analyst Paolo Pescatore. “This has been on the cards for some time” said Pescatore. “There’s not much more left for him (Philip Jansen) to do. He

Fixed line voice, internet and WAN services provider Spitfire Network Services Ltd has been signed by BT Wholesale as as an MVNO to connect its SME enterprise and IoT customers to EE 4G and 5G. on its own Spitfire core network.

BT Wholesale has signed Austrian telco spusu (sic) as a new MVNO on the EE network. Spusu was launched in Austria in 2015 where it has 500,000 customers, and in Italy in 2020. In Austria it has become the second MVNO on the market. Spusu will be offering an unlimited promotional plan with unlimited data,

BT has partnered with interactive immersive learning spaces provider Immersive Interactive to supply business and public sector clients with 5G-enabled simulations of real-world environments in an internal or external room, or mobile unit.

Bare bones BT Group MVNO Plusnet Mobile is shutting down over the coming months with customers being offered a 30-day SIM for £8 a month to switch to EE. Pusnet’s fixed broadband customers are unaffected. Plusnet Mobile sold just SIM-only plans. It is closing down so that BT’s mobile offerings are all consolidated with EE.

BT Group will cut up to 55,000 jobs by 2030 to reduce the current 130,000 number of employees to between 75,000 and 90,000. “The end of the 2020’s BT Group will reply on a much smaller workforce and a significantly reduced cost base. New BT Group will be a leaner business with a brighter future”,

Trials start in Manchester for eligible businesses

Around £9 billion spent on suppliers and for services

Roaming between networks guarantees contiguous coverage for smart devices on the move

EE will be able to extend 4G connectivity to the remotest area over a satellite link

EE will be able to extend 4G connectivity to the remotest area over a satellite link

Telcos are no longer required to provide fax support to customer lines

The first three units are live in Leeds, and three more are to follow in the coming months

EE has upgraded 1362 sites since the SRN deal was signed in March 2020

Chosen start-ups to develop digital solutions to help manufacturers cut carbon emissions. BT has selected three start-up companies to develop digital solutions to help manufacturers cut carbon emissions. The chosen start-ups will help develop solutions based on their expertise in factory designs, sensors to eliminate energy waste and emissions monitoring RIIICO 3D scanning uses digital

This is a consolidated salary increase and not a one-off payment

The new offer builds on an existing partnership between BT and Barclaycard Payments which started in August 2022

The network is aiming to make home phone, mobile, and broadband affordable for all

By Marc Overton, Managing Director of Division X, Enterprise at BT

BT has been affected by strike action, inflation and the cost of living crisis

BT Wholesale fixed solutions and services are supported by the Openreach network

The SOC will provide 24/7 management every day for ICT assets across the Northern Ireland Civil Service

BT has collaborated with ServiceNow and Dynatrace for a better management of services, with the latter now being BT’s sole provider of full stack observability across its entire estate

Barclaycard business customers can also claim cashback when they use their card to pay for BT and EE products

Since BT announced the phase out of Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN) in 2017, David Hayward, Divisional Director at Radius Connect, advises what this means for business

This segment highlighted the efforts telcos are taking towards providing customers with affordable bundles and what is BT’s response to some of CCS Insights predictions 2023

The operator has delivered a robotics platform and management system as part of the Innovate UK-funded ‘Robot Highways’ project

The new range of Connected Laptops offers small business owners 4G/5G SIM, business devices, digital tools and entertainment services

Tributes paid to deputy chairman Ding 

The company claims to be the first major broadband provider in the UK to launch WiFi 6E

Most corporate e-waste to be redesigned, recycled or re-used under this programme

Talks of consolidation has been rife within the telecoms industry ever since Virgin Media and O2 merged in 2021. Now it seems that mobile networks Three and Vodafone want to strike a deal, as well as some in the broadband space. Analysts in the industry share their thoughts…

Ookla data shows that smaller providers are sometimes the fastest across certain areas in the UK

With the cost-of-living crisis affecting consumer spending, EE and the Money Adviser Network have teamed up to support customers

Former BT employee Lee will join Voneus as it aims to double its customer footprint by 2023

BT are committed to helping 25 million people with their digital skills by 2026

The partnership comes after BT recently announced it was investing almost £100 million over the next three years in its ‘Division X’ unit to accelerate the development of customer solutions 

One year on, BT is well on its way to completing its ambitions in 5G and the PSTN switch-off

The announcement is part of BT Group’s better workplace programme in the UK

Drahi is now the biggest shareholder in BT with nearly one fifth of the stake

All Community Fibre broadband packages come with free installation and a free Linksys router

The operator also launched its text anti-spam filter last year which has blocked 200 million scam texts 

The launch of the new partnership network forms part of BT’s new Enterprise Customer Charter which aims to boost UK businesses and the public sector through new initiatives

The contract is one of many that Sellafield Ltd is letting as part of its multi-supplier model for ICT delivery which improves the company’s IT services and sees new capabilities developed

This marks the next phase of 5G on BT’s EE mobile network which aims to deliver quality experiences and new capabilities for all customers

The Bigger + Sports bundle offer is available between August 1 and September 30

RootMetrics carried out 642,296 unique tests across 16 cities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales where EE was rated the best network for speed, data and overall performance

It will take the total internal colleague base within the BT Digital business to 6,300

The partnership aims to deliver the best-in-class MVNO business mobile services in the UK

Wembley is the first UK stadium to have a 5G solution dedicated to just the pitch

Passingham joins as Neos Networks looks to expand the rollout of its connectivity services 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced a ban on Huawei components for use in British networks in 2020- calling them a ‘high-risk vendor’ following US sanctions

The deal is available to plan.com customers who can access EE’s 4G and 5G network including VoLTE and VoWiFi

This new network is aimed at helping small businesses grow

The deal will combine BT’s expertise in fixed and mobile networks with Ericsson’s 5G network technology and enterprise solutions

The launch of BT’s new product is the first commitment of its recently announced Enterprise Customer Charter

BT’s broadcast innovations took place on Saturday at the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Saracens v Northampton Saints

600 guests turn out for the biggest UK channel post-Covoid awards night

Details were unveiled at its global headquarters in London to mark the opening of its ‘Aurora’ customer innovation showcase

The technology is expected to boost efficiency and reduce mobile network consumption 

Declining enterprise and global business offset by Openreach growth 

Over 2.3 million BT customer’s were allegedly overcharged by the telco

The partnership will help drive BT’s digital transformation

However Virgin Media and Shell Energy among the most-complained about providers

BT will also add new products and services to evolve relationships with customers

Research from BT found 55 per cent of SMEs which lack cyber protection believe their business isn’t big enough to be a target 

His previous role was head of sales- M2M and IoT Connectivity at BT

BT will use Google Cloud’s suite of services, including AI and data analytics 

Fernando has also recently been appointed Chair of the Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) Standards Committee

This follows Ofcom’s call for more broadband providers to offer social tariffs to help those on Universal Credit and other benefits

Guy has created an array of products such as Hive thermostat, security cameras, home diagnostics and Curve tracker 

Profits also fell 31pc, but BT Group report strong FTTP and 5G progress

The deal will last for five-years and provides Truphone customers with EE’s mobile network

BAI has been awarded a 20-year concession with Transport for London (TFL) to give customers uninterrupted coverage and full connectivity on the Tube and in stations.

BT has launched 5G across the UK via its EE network, which will cover more than half the UK population by 2023.

Overton begins his role on February 14 and joins from Sierra Wireless 

The new office represents the telco’s vision to transform its workplace

49pc are optimistic or excited about the potential of drone technology

BT have been accused of overcharging customers