Openreach
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BT keeps Openreach after review says standalone business would have no incentive to invest
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Instead of ordering Openreach to from the rest of the BT Group, Ofcom is proposing that other telecoms providers be allowed to use BT’s network of ducts and telegraph poles to lay their own cables.
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Government and BT strike new deal to install fibre broadband in new homes
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Under the deal, Openreach will make a “significant contribution” to the installation costs before asking property developers to pay. It’s expected this will see Openreach foot the entire bill for connecting half of all new properties.
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BT given final go-ahead to gobble up EE
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A number of companies who gave evidence to the CMA inquiry warned about a loss of competition but the watchdog ruled that while both BT and EE currently offer mobile services and home broadband, each was only a small player in the other’s core market.
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BT’s Openreach vows to boost service levels
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Complaints from rival ISPs have increased in the past few months as some seek to use BT’s impending purchase of EE to force Openreach to be split from the rest of BT.
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Openreach starts trials of ultrafast broadband tech
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BT’s Openreach division is testing the real-world performance of G.fast, a new technology which can deliver speeds of up to 500Mbps over the firm’s existing fibre and copper network.
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Ofcom seeks views on telecoms and digital market shake-up
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The suggestion most likely to dominate headlines is to force the separation of BT’s Openreach division which is used by the majority of phone and internet providers to supply customers.