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BritBox launches in UK, agrees new deals with Channel 4, BT

2019-11-07 12:02:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The BritBox streaming venture of ITV and the BBC has launched for business, offering a collection of British boxsets for GBP 5.99 a month in HD and across multiple devices.

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Life after Gavin Patterson - What's next for BT?

2018-06-15 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

It's been an eventful few months for BT. The UK's former incumbent telco has announced a host of ambitious plans aimed at realigning its public image and helping it deliver innovative and progressive products and solutions to its customers. The company has high hopes for 5G and has publicly stated that it wants to launch next generation mobile networks in the UK by 2019, significantly ahead of other European operators. BT has also announced that it plans to launch its fully converged, hybrid Smart Network, which will offer seamless connectivity across the company's fixed, mobile and WIFI infrastructure by 2022. And if all that wasn't enough to cheer the hearts of BT's customers and shareholders…read more on TotalTele.com »

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Ofcom says Openreach should be 'legally separate' from BT

2016-07-26 08:50:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) UK regulator Ofcom has proposed further reform f BT's wholesale arm Openreach, in order to make the company "legally separate" from BT. In the latest update on its plans for reforming communications regulation, Ofcom said Openreach needs to be restructured so it works in the interests of all its customers, and not just BT's retail operations. This means Its own articles of association and board, with a majority of non-executive directors who don't represent BT but would still be appointed by the operator. The board would then name Openreach's CEO, and the company's management would be accountable to the board, not BT. In addition, Openreach would be obliged to consult formally with customers such as Sky and TalkTalk on large-scale investments.

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Openreach should be 'distinct within BT'

2016-07-26 08:28:02| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

BT's Openreach division, which runs the UK's broadband infrastructure, should become a distinct company, but not split off from the BT group, according to regulator Ofcom.

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