LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's biggest telecoms group BT has bowed to industry and regulatory pressure and agreed to legally separate its national network, as the government seeks to deliver faster ...

BT and Openreach have agreed to separate in a move desired by Ofcom and one which may help the UK's telecoms and broadband industry flourish. On Friday, the companies revealed that almost two years ...

BT Group (Other OTC: BTGOF - news) will take a potentially decisive step towards averting an enforced break-up this week when it names a former director of the telecoms regulator Ofcom as the first ...

For almost a year, communications regulator Ofcom has been conducting an investigation into whether BT and its Openreach broadband arm should be split up. Rival companies like Sky, TalkTalk and even ...

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has pronounced itself “broadly satisfied” with the steps taken so far to legally separate national operator BT from its network infrastructure business Openreach, saying ...

BT and Openreach have completed what is thought to be the largest one-off Tupe transfer of employees in UK corporate history, moving 31,000 people – including thousands of broadband network engineers ...

I estimate the Openreach network to be worth £22bn. BT's entire market cap right now is £15bn, so Openreach is trading cheap with the rest thrown in for free. I am not buying as I doubt BT's ...

BT Openreach is the infrastructure division of BT Group, which manages the local network between your local BT exchange and the phone socket or fibre termination point in your home or business. This ...

In the latest development in the BT/Openreach saga, a panel of cross-party MPs has called for the provider to be split from its broadband division if it doesn't invest significantly more in UK ...

Fielding complaints about BT Openreach is akin to "the forced adoption of an unruly teenager," the UK government's broadband minister has said. Ed Vaizey made that comment during a debate among MPs in ...

United Kingdom telecommunications provider BT has announced that broadband arm Openreach is now consulting with industry and consumers on potentially rolling out a full-fibre broadband network. "We ...

BT's infrastructure wing Openreach should function as a "distinct company" with its own board, and take ownership of its physical network, the UK communications regulator has told the telecoms giant.