Carillion liquidation creates Openreach headache
UK headlines have been dominated by the compulsory liquidation of construction company Carillion, a company which holds pretty significant contracts with Openreach.
UK headlines have been dominated by the compulsory liquidation of construction company Carillion, a company which holds pretty significant contracts with Openreach.
Ofcom has released its planned programme of work for 2018/19 and BT/Openreach will continue to operate under a microscope.
BT/Openreach has been accused of guarding its network for some time, and the latest consultation from Ofcom is another chapter in the watchdog’s mission to break the market dominance.
If we want fibre to the premises throughout the UK everyone needs to chip in, including wholesale customers and the state, says Openreach.
Openreach and Ofcom are not friends at the moment. As part of the wholesale local access (WLA) market review, the watchdog has suggested a cap on Openreach’s rental charges which clearly has rubbed up some the wrong way.
Having successfully resisted pressure to provide full dark fibre access to high bandwidth customers, Openreach is proposing a managed but scalable alternative.
Following a recent ruling overturning an Ofcom dark fibre access directive, Openreach has decided to call the whole thing off.
Ofcom has put forward proposals to introduce a cap on Openreach’s rental charges for providers accessing its ducts and poles in an effort to reduce dependence on BT.
BT CEO Gavin Hasselhoff Patterson has answered the UK government battle cry for universal high speed broadband with a suitably conditioned statement which could end up meaning absolutely nothing.
Proposed changes to the broadband market surrounding the use of dark fibre have been quashed by the Competition Appeals Tribunal, marking a win in the courts for BT.
Openreach has weighed into the fibre shouting match, calling for greater collaboration and research into the customer demands of FTTP infrastructure.
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has announced ‘measures to ensure new Openreach delivers’, stressing it will take more than a light rebrand to keep it happy.
Openreach it has begun a rebrand to prove to the industry it doesn’t have ANYTHING to do with BT anymore, following the agreement of a legal separation.
One of the UK’s most vocal littlemen, CityFibre, has unleashed its cunning plan to challenge Openreach through raising £200 million from the City and acquiring wholesaler Entanet.
UK operator BT has been showing off the latest inventions at its Adastral Park labs, with a focus on fixed-line performance.
A tough year for UK telecoms giant BT has culminated in the announcement of 4,000 job cuts, a downgraded outlook and a massive remuneration cut for senior management.
Over a year after first demanding BT make its ducts and poles available to third parties Ofcom has announced it really means it.
Ofcom has continued its role of chief busybody as it releases new initiatives apparently designed to encourage investment in full-fibre networks across the UK.
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has found BT guilty of a ‘serious breach’ of its rules regarding compensation payments for late installations to Openreach customers.
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has proposed a system of small fines to be automatically paid by landline providers when they drop the ball on service.
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