BT will gut its staff by at least a third
Published in AI


Hung, drawn and quartered on the BT Tower

BT Group is planning to lose between a half and a third of its staff by the end of 2030 and replace some of them with AI.

BT internet crashes
Published in News
Tuesday, 01 November 2022 11:08

BT internet crashes


UK forms a long queue to mourn 

You have to feel sorry for the UK, they have had more governments than the Italians, lost their queen, are being run by the husband of an Indian outsourcer, and now it seems they can't even get a decent internet connection for their devices.

Telcos call for more money from Big Tech
Published in News
Tuesday, 27 September 2022 10:36

Telcos call for more money from Big Tech

Users should pay

Europes big telcos including BT, Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom want users to pay for the costs of data fuelled by the global streaming and internet boom.

BT and Ericsson team up on 5G
Published in Network
Wednesday, 01 June 2022 11:52

BT and Ericsson team up on 5G


Private networks across the UK

BT and Ericsson struck a multi-million pound partnership to offer private 5G networks to businesses across Britain.

BT and Tosh build quantum-secured metro fibre optic network
Published in Network


Beware the potentially dead or alive quantum kitty

UK ISP BT and partner Toshiba have today announced that they intend to build the “world’s first” quantum-secured metro fibre optic network between commercial sites in London.

BT trails hollow core optical fibre cable
Published in News


More resistant to damage from Kitten Kong

BT has announced that ot has begun trials of a new type of hollow-core optical fibre cable at their BT Labs R&D facility in Adastral Park (Ipswich), which could in theory be more resistant to damage, while also delivering better performance.

Nokia wins BT 5G contract
Published in Network
Tuesday, 29 September 2020 11:56

Nokia wins BT 5G contract


Filling the Huawei space


Former rubber boot maker Nokia has signed a deal with Britain's biggest mobile operator BT to supply it with 5G radio equipment.

Overrated phone gets the most hyped carrier technology
Published in Mobiles


A year after everyone else

CEO of British Telecom's consumer brands BT and EE Marc Allera claims Apple is days away from launching its first 5G iPhone models.

Scots to sign R100 broadband contact with BT
Published in Network
Friday, 11 September 2020 12:01

Scots to sign R100 broadband contact with BT


Much delayed superfast broadband roll-out programme

The Scottish Government (SG) expects to sign a contract with BT (Openreach) for the delivery of their much delayed LOT 1 area, which forms part of the £579m R100 (Reaching 100 percent) superfast broadband roll-out programme, “before the end of the calendar year”.

BT gives 5G core contract to Ericsson
Published in Network
Friday, 17 April 2020 12:08

BT gives 5G core contract to Ericsson


Too sensitive for Huawei

British mobile carrier BT has selected Ericsson to provide the core of its 5G network.