BT Group
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BT has reportedly put its global division up for sale as part of the company’s ongoing attempts to shave costs -
BT has expanded its Carbon Network Dashboard, enhancing business customers' visibility into electricity consumption and carbon emissions for more effective infrastructure optimisation.
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BT Group has activated its first self-powering mobile site in the Shropshire Hills, with approximately 70% of the site’s energy requirements met by on-site solar panels and a wind turbine.
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BT Group has undergone a leadership reshuffle with Harmeen Mehta, the company’s chief digital and innovation officer, departing.
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BT Group is leveraging large language models from AI vendors like Claude developers Anthropic, Meta, and Amazon through a specially designed internal platform to enhance operations and drive innovation.
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Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has raised his BT stake to 4.3% for around £150 million.
Forthcoming events
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Gavin Patterson, who was ousted as CEO of BT last year, is to be chairman of Salesforce’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
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Vodafone is taking legal action against Ofcom, the UK regulator, over its decision to allow Openreach to charge more for leased lines.
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BT Group’s CEO Philip Jansen (pictured) plans to sell more than £100 million in telecoms infrastructure in Holland, as he attempts to simplify the company.
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A US law firm is to file a new class-action complaint against BT tomorrow, naming past senior directors in the scandal at BT Italia, which caused the group to write off £530 million.
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Openreach, the UK’s wholesale last-mile company, says it will extend all-fibre broadband to 36 new locations, with work due to start over the next 12 months.
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Shareholders in KCOM, the UK city of Hull’s independent telecoms company, meet this Friday to approve a £627 million takeover bid from Australian investor Macquarie.
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Five telecoms companies – BT, Singtel, Telefónica, Telia and Vodafone – are among 28 companies that have committed to new international climate targets.
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The UK regulator has given Openreach, the BT subsidiary that runs last-mile copper and fibre in the UK, a “good but try harder” assessment.
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Capacity has been unable to find any mobile operator around the world that can confirm last week’s report of what was called a global, well orchestrated cyber attack on them.
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Orange is no longer a shareholder in BT after it sold its last 2.5% for just £486 million, valuing the BT group at only £19.4 billion.
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BT is hoping to raise €300 million by selling BT Global Services’ operation in Spain, according to a report this morning.
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Openreach, BT’s wholesale last-mile subsidiary, has expanded its targets for directly connected fibre to 15 million UK buildings by the mid-2020s.
