| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.09.2026 | Going Global? Here’s What VoIP Can (And Can’t) Do For You | Running a business is one thing, but running one across different time zones is a whole different ballgame. Calling a client in Dubai from a UK landline costs a small fortune and asking them to call your UK number at 4pm their time is just ... |
| 25.08.2026 | Burnham shelves Thames Water administration plans over costs | Andy Burnham has paused plans to take public control of Thames Water over fears that it could saddle the taxpayer with a bill running into the billions of pounds.
The Prime Minister had been considering putting the struggling utility into a... |
| 24.08.2026 | Thames Water creditors eye board shake-up if takeover plan succeeds | The group of creditors vying to take control of Thames Water has said it will appoint the former bosses of Yorkshire Water and BT Openreach to the utility’s board should it succeed in fending off nationalisation by the government.
The Londo... |
| 11.08.2026 | 5 Systems That Could Break During The PSTN Switch-Off | The UK’s Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) system is due to be completely shut down by 31 January 2027. The PSTN was based on a copper telephone infrastructure, which has supported nationwide communication for over 100 years. Togethe... |
| 04.08.2026 | Ordnance Survey revenue jumps as map maker goes digital | Ordnance Survey has posted record revenue growth as the mapping agency takes the fight to Apple and Google with the “most detailed digital map of Britain to date”.
The firm, which is Great Britain’s official mapping service, posted a 2.1 pe... |
| 01.08.2026 | EE’s 8Gbps Broadband Arrives: Openreach’s ComboPON Means No New Cable Needed | By Terrence Hill
Published: Aug 01 2026, 1:37 PM EDT
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| 28.07.2026 | BT Openreach told to pull ‘unfair’ broadband discount | Ofcom has moved to block a heavily discounted Openreach broadband offer after warning it could squeeze rival fibre networks out of the market, in the regulator’s first attempt to stop a commercial deal from BT’s network arm.
The telecoms wa... |
| 27.07.2026 | UK Copper Switch-Off Hits 555,000 Homes: Your Alarm May Stop Working in January | By Chase Fiorini
Published: Jul 27 2026, 3:04 PM EDT
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| 09.06.2026 | VodafoneThree enters race for TalkTalk customers with takeover bid | Vodafone has tabled a bid for TalkTalk’s consumer broadband business, joining a crowded auction as the UK’s largest mobile operator pushes into the home internet market.
The FTSE 100 telecoms giant has emerged as a late entrant into the sal... |
| 08.06.2026 | R100 Rollout Extends Faster Broadband Across Scotland | More than 100,000 faster broadband connections have now been delivered to homes and businesses across Scotland through the £600 million R100 programme, according to the Scottish Government.
The milestone marks significant progress in bringi... |
| 06.11.2025 | BT bets on budget provider amid broadband customer losses | BT has lost more broadband customers than expected, a sign that even its £15bn fibre rollout is struggling to retain customers from drifting to cheaper rivals.
Openreach, BT’s network arm, reported a net loss of 242,000 broadband lines in t... |
| 14.10.2025 | TalkTalk to cut more jobs in ‘necessary’ move | TalkTalk has announced it is looking to cut up to 100 jobs in its consumer business in a move it has described as “necessary”.
The company, which has bases in Salford and London, said the move forms part of its bid to ‘returning to its chal... |
| 03.09.2025 | Британская BT продает свой финансовый сетевой бизнес Radianz американской TNS | BT и Transaction Network Services (TNS) сегодня объявили, что TNS согласилась приобрести бизнес Radianz у BT. Ожидается, что сделка будет завершена в первой половине 2026 года при условии выполнения стандартных условий закрытия, включая пол... |
| 02.09.2025 | BT enters agreement with TNS for the sale of its Radianz business | BT enters agreement with TNS for the sale of its Radianz business
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| 01.09.2025 | Rachel Reeves tells creditors to resolve Thames Water crisis | Rachel Reeves has called for a “market-based solution” to be found at Thames Water before the company is put into special administration.
The Chancellor reportedly sent a letter to creditors of Thames Water to state that any solution must r... |
| 29.08.2025 | Openreach Project Gigabit Contract Boosted by £400M Extra Funding | The UK government has updated its Project Gigabit contract with Openreach, increasing its value by £400m from £800m awarded last year, now totalling £1.2bn.
The Single Supplier Framework agreement was part of the overall Project Gigabit sch... |
| 28.08.2025 | Natwest and Lloyds expect lending hit from broadband battle | Natwest and Lloyds have had to brace for losses on loans as players across the broadband sector struggle against escalating competition.
Lloyds Banking Group’s commercial unit set aside £25m in provisions for loans that were unlikely to be ... |
| 06.08.2025 | TalkTalk: Huge losses revealed amid job cuts and fleeing customers | The full extent of TalkTalk’s financial woes have been revealed for the first time amid sky-rocketing losses and huge job losses as customers move to other broadband providers.
New accounts for the Salford-headquartered group filed with Com... |
| 28.07.2025 | Report: 83% of UK Altnets Expect Expansion in 2025 | The UK’s altnet sector remains bullish about its growth prospects, with 83% of companies expecting to expand over the next 12 months, according to the newly published Altnet Confidence Index 2025.
The report – which surveyed 300 decision-ma... |
| 24.07.2025 | UK Fiber Future Forged: CityFibre Secures Billions, Targets Market Dominance | CityFibre recently secured a massive £2.3 billion funding round. This significant capital injection powers its aggressive UK fiber rollout plan. The company aims to cover 8 million homes, solidifying its lead among alternative network provi... |
| 24.07.2025 | BT profits fall but group insists it remains ‘on track’ | Telecoms giant BT Group reported a 10 per cent drop in reported profit before tax on top of a three per cent decline in adjusted revenue, while reaffirming it is ‘on track’ to achieve full-year guidance.
In a trading update for the three mo... |
| 23.07.2025 | London’s secret Cold War tunnels at the centre of a multi-million pound lawsuit | Secret tunnels that run under important locations and landmarks across the UK, including in the City, are at the heart of a legal claim filed to the High Court against the FTSE 100 company.
The BT Group owns an ‘extensive network of undergr... |
| 15.07.2025 | GoFibre Wins £105m Deal to Expand Rural Scottish Broadband | Around 63,000 more premises in the North East of Scotland will be able to access gigabit-capable broadband following the award of a contract to deliver the Project Gigabit rollout in the area.
The £105 million contract, funded by the UK Gov... |
| 14.07.2025 | Британский оператор оптоволоконных сетей CityFibre привлекает £2,3 млрд | Согласно заявлению компании, около £500 млн из этой суммы поступят в виде акционерного капитала от текущих инвесторов, включая Goldman Sachs, Antin Infrastructure Partners, Mubadala Investment Co. и Interogo Holding. Это подтверждает ранее ... |
| 11.07.2025 | BT powers ahead as UK tech services offer rare growth signal | BT Group has become one of the standout performers of the FTSE 100 this year, with its share price climbing over 34 per cent since January, and hitting a near five-year high.
The telecoms and broadband giant is being closely watched as it r... |
| 03.07.2025 | Uber, AA and Royal Mail urge Khan to scrap EV congestion charge plans | A host of businesses including Uber, the AA and Royal Mail have urged Sadiq Khan to re-think rolling back the exemption for electric vehicles in London’s congestion charge.
Some 28 business and green groups published an open letter to the M... |
| 30.06.2025 | Scots Gov Exceeded Broadband Connection Target Last Year | The Scottish Government has announced that it has surpassed its commitment to deliver gigabit-capable broadband connections to 20,000 Scots homes and businesses last year.
In 2024-2025, a record 27,000 premises were equipped with faster bro... |
| 23.01.2025 | Openreach’s Fibre Network Now Reaches Half of Scotland | Openreach’s new fibre network, so Scottish homes and businesses can connect to ultrafast, reliable broadband, has now reached half of the country.
The telecoms infrastructure company has spent more than £435 million on full fibre links for ... |
| 13.01.2025 | The Digital Surge: How Connectivity and Creativity Shape Our Future | In a world where creativity and connectivity collide, two recent developments highlight the changing landscape of technology. Western Digital’s new storage solutions for creators and gamers, alongside the UK’s record-breaking broadband traf... |
| 07.01.2025 | Broadband Traffic Hits Record High Across UK | Broadband use across the UK increased by 10.5% last year, according to network provider Openreach.
In its annual update, Openreach revealed that broadband traffic across the country increased to 103,590 petabytes (Pb) of data, with numbers ... |
| 13.08.2024 | New £800M Project Gigabit Funding to Help Bridge UK’s Digital Divide | Hundreds of thousands of rural homes and businesses with outdated broadband infrastructure will receive major internet speed upgrades, as the UK government looks to help bridge the digital divide across the country.
Up to £800 million in go... |
| 28.05.2024 | More Parts of Scotland Join Openreach’s National Broadband Upgrade | Full fibre broadband is heading to 28 more Scottish city suburbs, towns and villages, as part of a broadband upgrade by Openreach.
People living in Port Glasgow in Inverclyde, Possil in Glasgow, Wester Hailes in Edinburgh, Grantown on Spey ... |
| 12.01.2024 | Openreach and First Bus in New EV Charging Link-up | Openreach, the UK’s largest broadband network provider, will have access to First Bus’ rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure at its nationwide bus depots following a new collaboration.
With the new deal, the telecoms firm join... |
| 03.08.2023 | Are Landlines Being Phased Out? | 0 shares
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In a nutshell, yes they are. Traditional landlines are being withdrawn by December 2025, meaning that all UK households and businesses will need to switch to an internet-based p... |
| 25.07.2023 | Less Than 50 Days Until Landline Sales Stop: Is Your Business Ready? | 0 shares
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From September 2023, BT Openreach will stop selling analogue phone lines to both residential and business customers. It’s a big deal, forming an important part of the UK landlin... |
| 01.06.2023 | What is The Landline Switch Off and What Does It Mean For My Business? | 0 shares
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One of the biggest shifts in telecoms technology in more than 100 years is coming up fast; but many businesses and individuals still haven’t heard about it.
The fact is that in... |
| 26.05.2023 | Africa: How AI and Other Technologies Are Already Disrupting the Workplace | Artificial intelligence (AI) is often cast as wreaking havoc and destroying jobs in reports about its growing use by companies. The recent coverage of telecom group BT's plans to reduce its number of employees is a case in point.
However, w... |
| 24.05.2023 | Ofcom: Openreach’s Equinox 2 Approved for Broadband Market | Ofcom, the telecoms regulator, has approved Openreach‘s new Equinox 2 scheme pricing after months of deliberation.
The approval of the FTTP deal, entitled Equinox 2, has gone through a rather undulating process as Ofcom grappled with the co... |
| 23.03.2023 | Four Scots Cities in Top 50 Best Places to Work Remotely | The top 100 list was made by HR software provider Ciphr as an analysis on the latest data from Ofcom’s Connected Nations data.
The towns and cities were ranked against each other across four metrics: the proportion of residential premises w... |
| 03.02.2023 | Ofcom: Openreach Deals “Not Anti-competitive” | Ofcom has ruled to not intervene in new deals introduced by Openreach despite anti-competition claims.
The offer would introduce new wholesale pricing arrangement for the company’s full-fibre services.
Smaller companies called on Ofcom to p... |
| 13.01.2023 | Movers and Shakers | December 2022 | Recruitment KPMG
KPMG UK have promoted ten colleagues to director positions across its three Scottish offices. Laura Wiseman (Audit) and Meredith Casey (Deal Advisory) become directors in KPMG’s Edinburgh office.
Along the M8, six new Glasg... |
| 06.07.2022 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | June 2022 | Recruitment Brillband
Scottish broadband firm Brillband has made two key appointments as it prepares to launch a trial of its app technology in Scotland.
Entrepreneur and fundraising specialist behind investing company Raising Partners, Hel... |
| 06.06.2022 | Openreach Scotland Appoints First Female Service Delivery Director | Openreach Scotland’s first female service delivery director Jenni Macfarlane will lead a field force of around 1,200 engineers, whose role is to keep people connected across the whole of Scotland.
This is on behalf of more than 600 provider... |
| 25.02.2022 | Is Telecoms Infrastructure A Market Where Startups Can Thrive? It Depends On Your Approach | Hyperoptic, co-founder Dana Tobak talks about scaling an infrastructure business Hyperoptic |
| 10.02.2022 | Openreach to Add 500 Scottish Jobs in 2022 | Openreach has announced plans to create and fill around 500 more Scottish jobs during 2022 to expand its Full Fibre broadband network.
The move will be driven by the company’s continued investment into its UK broadband network, people and t... |
| 27.01.2022 | BT : to recruit more than 600 apprentices and graduates | BT Group today announced plans to recruit more than 600[1]apprentices and graduates for its September 2022 intake.
The company will recruit talent into the company across areas as diverse as engineering, customer service, applied research, ... |
| 26.01.2022 | Broadband Funding Gives Over 500k Scots Full Fibre Access | Eight more Scottish locations will soon benefit from a major broadband boost thanks to £16.2 million Openreach broadband funding.
Another 54,000 homes and businesses are included in the latest ultrafast full fibre upgrade, with the new netw... |
| 06.01.2022 | Openreach Finds Recruitment Language Boosts Female Roles | Openreach has reported a positive change in the number of female recruits joining the company in both field and desk roles in Scotland.
The news comes after the broadband network provider decided to begin analysing the language it uses to r... |
| 17.11.2021 | Openreach to Invest £95m in Scottish Broadband | A £95 million investment by digital network provider Openreach will boost the connectivity of Scottish broadband in 272,000 homes.
The upgrade will see more than 50 communities across Scotland benefit from ultrafast ‘full fibre‘ broadband.
... |
| 11.10.2021 | Prysmian S p A : Group extends its partnership with Openreach to support Full Fibre broadband plan | PRESS RELEASE
PRYSMIAN GROUP EXTENDS ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH OPENREACH TO SUPPORT FULL FIBRE
BROADBAND PLAN
CEO M. DEL BRENNA: "PRYSMIAN INVESTING IN TELECOM INNOVATION TO ENSURE CUTTING-EDGE
SOLUTIONS TO OUR PARTNERS"
Milan, October... |
| 31.05.2021 | Openreach to Bring Ultrafast Broadband to 300,000 Homes across Scotland | Openreach has unveiled plans to build ultrafast Full Fibre broadband to at least 300,000 more homes and businesses across Scotland.
More than 160 exchange areas across Scotland will be upgraded, with the majority of homes and businesses in ... |
| 28.04.2021 | Full Fibre Broadband Could Add 76,000 to Scotland’s Workforce | A new report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) has said that a comprehensive full fibre broadband network in Scotland could enable 76,000 people to enter the workforce by 2025.
According to the report, which was com... |
| 21.04.2021 | Communications service providers: Don't let IPv4 exhaustion stop your growth | As rural broadband initiatives help bridge the digital divide, communications service providers have a wealth of opportunities to add subscribers, expand territory, and grow their business. However, they will first need to address the chall... |
| 13.01.2021 | Inclusive Job Adverts Significantly Improve Workforce Diversity, Study Shows | A new study from Openreach exploring latent bias in job adverts has shown how language can shape workforce diversity.
The company analysed the language barriers that impact female job applicants and found that it plays a fundamental role in... |
| 27.07.2020 | DSSB Brings Superfast Broadband to 950,000 Premises | The Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) programme has connected over 950,000 premises across Scotland to faster fibre broadband infrastructure, including more than 110,000 extra premises that were not originally expected to benefit.... |
| 03.06.2020 | Big Business Must Lead the Way as part of a Post-Covid Green Recovery | BT, one of the first companies in the world to commit to limiting global warming to 1.5 °C, has long recognised the importance of setting ambitious carbon reduction targets as a way of motivating our organisation and inspiring others. We se... |