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  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    BT Group Plc
    BT urges UK government to cut business rates on new fibre lines to hit broadband target

    Telecoms group says pledge to remove onerous planning laws must be honoured

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    UK infrastructure
    UK ‘gigabit’ broadband rollout under fire from MPs

    Warning that strategy will result in rural internet users suffering slow speeds for years

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Openreach to create 5,300 jobs next year in broadband fibre push

    BT division the latest UK telecoms company to unveil hiring plans for network upgrades

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC
    Toscafund to take TalkTalk private in £1.1bn deal

    Hedge fund that is UK broadband group’s second-largest shareholder wins backing from founder Charles Dunstone

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Altnet boom continues as G.Network raises £1bn for fibre upgrades

    London-focused telecoms company wins backing from Universities Superannuation Scheme

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    BT Group Plc
    BT fined £6m for breaking bidding rules in Northern Ireland

    Regulator Ofcom launched probe after complaint from rival Eir over award of public sector telecoms contract

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Ofcom signals support for BT network upgrade

    Regulator aims to encourage investment by saying price controls will not apply to full fibre services for 11 years

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    Boris Johnson’s £5bn broadband plan ‘ludicrously unrealistic’

    Rural users face being left further behind by slow rate of rollout, says watchdog

  • Sunday, 11 October, 2020
    InterviewHow to Lead
    Richard Tang: Zen and the art of internet maintenance

    The Rochdale internet pioneer wants to become a true challenger to the big guns of broadband

  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
    TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC
    TalkTalk in discussions with Toscafund over takeover approach

    Hedge fund already owns near-30% stake in UK broadband provider

  • Monday, 5 October, 2020
    TalkTalk hits out at BT over delays to deal on ultrafast fibre

    Challenger broadband player warns of hit to competition

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    Oaktree invests £100m in British broadband

    US fund to acquire a majority stake in full fibre specialist Zzoomm

  • Monday, 10 August, 2020
    Wiltshire valley locals build their own mobile phone network

    Ch4lke uses just five masts to deliver broadband-like speeds and bridge digital divide

  • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
    Virgin Media apologises for network outage in London

    Glitch angers broadband users working from home across the capital

  • Wednesday, 10 June, 2020
    CityFibre to create 11,000 jobs in full-fibre network push

    Goldman Sachs-backed telecoms group expects to reach 8m homes by 2025

  • Friday, 15 May, 2020
    News in-depthBT Group Plc
    Will BT sell the family silver in its hunt for cash?

    With a costly fibre rollout, the telecoms group has held talks with investors about its network plans

  • Friday, 15 May, 2020
    Lex
    BT Group: far horizons Premium

    For those seeking a quick return, with no dividend coming soon, UK company remains a value trap

  • Friday, 15 May, 2020
    BT Group Plc
    BT in talks to sell multibillion-pound stake in Openreach

    Macquarie among investors looking at deal that would bankroll £12bn UK broadband upgrade

  • Tuesday, 12 May, 2020
    KCOM Group PLC
    KCom to be carved up by new owner Macquarie

    Australian fund looking at options for independent Yorkshire-focused telecoms group

  • Thursday, 26 March, 2020
    Vodafone Group PLC
    Vodafone criticised over timing of UK price rise

    Telecoms group follows rivals in applying increase but news comes at bad time for many customers 

  • Tuesday, 24 March, 2020
    BT Openreach
    Broadband users face switching barriers under UK lockdown

    BT Openreach engineers to prioritise ‘essential’ work and avoid unnecessary home visits

  • Thursday, 19 March, 2020
    Telecoms
    EU warns of broadband strain as millions work from home

    Brussels tells streaming companies to limit services as Facebook says managing traffic is a “challenge”

  • Wednesday, 18 March, 2020
    Lex
    Broadband/home working: inglorious isolation Premium

    Much of Britain still relies on a cranky local network of copper wires

  • Monday, 16 March, 2020
    Broadband can cope with surge in home work, says BT

    Telecoms operator not anticipating any blackouts or slower speeds for users

  • Sunday, 8 March, 2020
    Telecoms
    Sunak announces £1bn deal to boost mobile ‘not spots’

    The funding will provide extra coverage to 280,000 premises and along 16,000km of roads

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