BT drafts in AWS for cloud edge computing trial
BT Wholesale is working with AWS to trial a mobile cloud edge computing service for businesses to facilitate mobile IoT applications over EE networks.
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Ofcom hints at Openreach pricing push-back
UK comms regulator Ofcom has decided to extend its assessment of wholesaler Openreach’s latest proposed pricing, thanks in part to unguarded comments from BT’s CEO.
ITV and Channel 4’s terrestrial Freeview channels float into the cloud
Certain ITV and Channel 4 channels have moved to cloud-based processing, following a multi-million-pound contract with BT.
BT relaunches Digital Voice, but it’s treading very carefully
UK telco group BT is relaunching its digital voice rollout, after a false start last year.
DT CEO regrets BT buy but might double down anyway
Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges made headlines this week when he admitted that he wished he hadn’t bought into BT.
BT rolls out national IoT roaming
UK incumbent BT has the UK delivery sector in its sights with its new IoT national roaming SIM.
BT pledges cover the entirety of the UK in 5G by 2028
UK telco group BT and its mobile arm EE have declared there must not be one patch of British soil left untouched by 5G coverage, and invited the press to a ‘Deep Dive’ to detail it’s progress.
BT deploys 4G and smart sensors to upgrade water systems in Yorkshire
UK telecoms group BT and Yorkshire water have installed smart sensors and a 4G mast to provide remote water quality monitoring in the Yorkshire Dales.
BT posts Q4 revenue drop amid ‘challenging economic backdrop’
Consumer revenues were down 6% and revenues for BT Group as a whole were down 3% in the last quarter of 2022 but the incumbent says it is building out fibre ‘like fury.’
BT cloud migration rumbles on with Kyndryl
UK incumbent BT has kicked off its latest cloud-migration programme as part of its ongoing digital transformation.
BT among firms running AI trial to create ‘intelligent sewer network’
UK telecoms group BT is teaming up with water company Severn Trent and others on a trial to plug in AI into waste water systems to make them more efficient and predict upcoming watery problems.
BT looks to HAPS to nail down rural coverage
BT has teamed up with Stratospheric Platforms Ltd (SPL) to trial HAPS-based technology with a view to boosting rural mobile coverage.
BT taps Hiya to tackle spam calls
UK incumbent BT is ramping up its war on scammers, as Ofcom preps new rules that will hold telcos to a higher standard.
Ofcom expands probe into BT contract information
UK comms regulator Ofcom thinks BT subsidiaries EE and Plusnet may be falling short in their obligations to provide ‘clear and simple’ contract information.
BT explains why it’s hiking broadband prices by 14.4%
BT has confirmed what we already knew: that many of its broadband customers will face hefty price hikes in the next couple of months.
BT invests £5 million into ‘UK’s drone superhighway’
UK telecoms group BT is investing £5 million into Reading based UTM (Unified Traffic Management) software firm Altitude Angel as it looks to accelerate development of ‘Project Skyway.’
BT trials some Cloud RAN in Leeds
UK telecoms group BT has set up a Cloud RAN trial in Leeds which will ‘serve as a proof of concept for future developments.’
BT merges B2B operations to cut costs by £100 million per year
UK operator group BT is set to combine its Global and Enterprise units into a single B2B unit called BT Business.
BT taps up Nokia for AI network monitoring software
UK telco group BT has brought in Finnish kit vendor Nokia to provide it with AVA Analytics software, which it will use to monitor its fixed networks with AI tools.
Openreach comes out swinging with FTTH expansion plan
BT’s network arm Openreach has gone on the offensive to prove that its fibre rollout is on track.
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