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Friday, 14 February, 2020

Analysis

Ultrafast broadband answers Salisbury’s prayers

Cathedral city has proved a learning curve for Openreach’s engineers

Tuesday, 21 January, 2020

CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings PLC

CityFibre buys TalkTalk’s FibreNation unit for £200m

Takeover by Goldman-backed telecoms group was delayed by UK general election

Wednesday, 15 January, 2020

Virgin Media Ltd

Liberty chooses new Virgin Media CFO as part of overhaul

Former UPC chief Severina Pascu joins at critical time for UK broadband group

Wednesday, 8 January, 2020

Ofcom sets out plan for rapid investment in rural broadband

Regulator proposes loosening regulation of wholesale charges to cut cost of new fibre networks

Wednesday, 20 November, 2019

Telecoms

Labour’s BT plan spooks broadband entrepreneurs

More than 600 small providers would be affected by nationalisation plan

Sunday, 17 November, 2019

Patience Wheatcroft

Labour broadband pledge is fantasy politics

The move would leave an enormous hole in BT’s pension fund

Friday, 15 November, 2019

The FT ViewThe editorial board

The Thatcher revolution is coming under threat

Labour plans for a nationalised broadband network are misguided

Friday, 15 November, 2019

Will consumers reap benefits of free broadband?

Experts say ‘wheels would come off’ the competitive telecoms market

Friday, 15 November, 2019

Labour telecoms plan triggers fear of investment freeze

Billions in broadband spending at risk as Openreach nationalisation dismissed as ‘lunacy’

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Friday, 15 November, 2019

ExplainerUK general election

Holding the line: Labour’s £20bn free broadband plan

The impact, both on finances and on industry, would reach far beyond BT and Openreach

Friday, 15 November, 2019

Instant InsightRobert Shrimsley

Labour’s broadband plan shows nationalisation’s appeal

Conservatives should worry that Corbyn is winning the argument

Friday, 15 November, 2019

Lex

Lex on BT/Labour: lamped Premium

Nationalisation threat raises pressure over tardy rollout of full-fibre broadband

Friday, 15 November, 2019

UK general election

Labour vows to nationalise BT’s Openreach network

Corbyn promises free broadband for every home by 2030 in latest election pledge

Monday, 11 November, 2019

Vodafone Group PLC

Vodafone strikes deal with BT to expand broadband coverage

Mobile group takes advantage of Openreach discounts to widen fledgling full-fibre network

Sunday, 3 November, 2019

Zen Internet targets 80% of UK with broadband expansion

Rochdale-based company obtains credit facility to boost presence in exchanges

Thursday, 31 October, 2019

BT Group Plc

BT holds dividend as it shrugs off poll risk to fibre plans

Telecoms group says even a Corbyn government would support multibillion investment drive

Wednesday, 9 October, 2019

BT Group Plc

BT to revamp 615 stores in ‘national champion’ push

Telecoms company prepares for government talks over national fibre broadband rollout

Sunday, 1 September, 2019

Sky in talks to invest in Liberty Global fibre network

Initial joint venture discussions will raise pressure on BT’s broadband plans

Thursday, 15 August, 2019

Liberty Global PLC

Virgin Media executive tapped to lead Liberty’s UK fibre broadband push

Venture headed by Robert Dunn will ramp up pressure on BT to improve services

Friday, 2 August, 2019

BT Group Plc

BT presents full-fibre strategy to Downing Street

Telecoms group seeks ‘fair bet’ price deal to deliver superfast broadband nationwide

Wednesday, 31 July, 2019

Lindsay Cook

Broadband: what price a reliable connection?

Ofcom’s new compensation scheme is welcome, but it doesn’t go far enough

Monday, 29 July, 2019

InterviewLiberty Global PLC

Virgin Media chief looks to take on BT with bigger war chest

‘We have a Porsche. We would be fools not to leverage that,’ says Lutz Schüler

Wednesday, 24 July, 2019

Virgin seeks broadband edge with gigabit speed pledge

Operator says it will offer 1Gps to 15m homes by end of 2021

Tuesday, 23 July, 2019

UK infrastructure

Minister confident of improving UK mobile coverage

Culture secretary ‘very optimistic’ deal will be struck with telecoms industry

Friday, 19 July, 2019

Virgin Media lined up for major high-speed fibre expansion

Liberty sets up joint venture to push service to millions of homes outside urban areas

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