The supermarket piggybacks on the BT-owned mobile network, allowing it to offer a range of Pay As You Go tariffs to “hundreds of thousands” of customers. The two firms signed a five-year contract in August 2014 and have now extended the deal to the end of 2020.
BT aims to cut engineer response times by deploying thousands of smart lockers around the UK
First rolling-out in the Midlands, the lockers are powered by Pelipod, a connected parcel delivery solution business recently bought by BT’s Wholesale and Ventures division.
Sky Mobile to let customers roll-over unused data for up to three years
The UK’s largest pay-TV firm announced plans to enter the mobile sector after rival BT confirmed its intent to buy EE, a move which made it the biggest ‘quad play’ provider of broadband, mobile, TV and fixed-line phone services.
Ofcom orders BT to split Openreach into legally distinct business
In July the regulator published a list of competition concerns which it asked BT to address by agreeing to new governance arrangements for Openreach.
BT names Chairman of new Openreach board
BT has appointed former Ofcom board member Mike McTighe as the first Chairman of Openreach, the division which manages the UK’s largest fixed line phone and broadband network.
