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RSS openreachBT fibre broadband pilot: charges for ISPs revealed
News BT Openreach has released details of the fees it plans to charge other ISPs for its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) pilot in London. Access to its Generic Ethernet Access Fibre to The Premises product will cost ISPs between... [23 Sep 2009]
BT kicks off London fibre pilot
News The pilot follows an internal Openreach trial in Ipswich of fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) technology, which achieves speeds of up to 40Mbps. BT began a fibre broadband pilot on Monday in the north London suburb of Muswell... [06 Jul 2009]
50p broadband tax 'will leave 20 pc of UK without fibre'
News David Campbell, BT Openreach's MD of next-generation access, added that the telco will deploy a mixture of fibre to the premises (FTTP) and fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) for next-generation access - with P or C being... [02 Jul 2009]
BT to expand 2010 fibre rollout
News BT Retail and its local loop unbundling division, Openreach, reported operating profits of £324m and £296m respectively. BT is planning to double the pace of its forthcoming next generation broadband fibre rollout,... [15 May 2009]
BT reveals which towns will get fibre first
News The telco's local access division Openreach will deploy FTTC at 29 exchanges across the UK from early 2010, bringing speeds of up to 40Mbps - and potentially 60Mbps - within reach of 500,000 homes and businesses. [23 Mar 2009]
BT slammed over unbundling price hike
News In 2005, the regulator Ofcom forced BT to split off its access division, which became Openreach, as a separate entity, so other ISPs could use the UK's telecoms infrastructure without having to use BT as a wholesaler. [10 Mar 2009]
BT Global Services head resigns
News In the statement, BT said it expects its three other main divisions - BT Retail, BT Wholesale and Openreach, as well as other operations - to be "in line with or ahead of expectations". The head of BT Global Services,... [03 Nov 2008]
BT to plug fibre in London, Wales
News David Campbell, BT Openreach's director of next generation access, added in a statement: "We expect to announce detailed plans for the initial market deployment of the Openreach product in early 2010,... [14 Oct 2008]
Europe-wide wireless broadband on the way
News The parliament also said that national regulators should be allowed to impose functional separation, where telcos' wholesale and retail units act as separate entities, to ensure they offer a fair access deal to their networks - a model... [24 Sep 2008]
BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down
News Verwaayen was also instrumental in achieving a settlement with telecoms regulator Ofcom which saw the telco's Wholesale and Retail arms avoid the pain of schism, while giving birth to its access services division Openreach. [08 Apr 2008]
Super-speed broadband heads to Kent
News BT Openreach, the telco's local access network business, said the fibre will be available from August and access will be offered on a wholesale basis to all UK communication providers. Steve Robertson, chief executive of... [10 Jan 2008]
BT: Job cuts on the way?
News The spokesperson said other divisions, such as BT Openreach, had recently been recruiting more staff and even claimed next week's results might show the company had grown overall. BT is to announce a number of job losses... [02 Nov 2007]
Ofcom consults on next generation access
News Richards said the current regulatory regime, which forced BT to spin off its Openreach division in order to allow rivals access to its exchanges, was "the right starting point for future regulation". Ofcom has issued a... [27 Sep 2007]
21CN boss quits BT
News Aside from helping to create 21CN, Reynolds has overseen the rollout of broadband across the UK and the creation of the much-criticised Openreach, which runs the final mile of BT's telecoms network. The chief executive... [28 Jun 2007]
Broadband availability still hitting UK Plc
News The 14th Communications Management Association (CMA) annual survey, which polled 354 senior communications and network professionals in the UK at larger companies, found the creation of BT Openreach is thought to have... [07 Feb 2007]
