BT Group sees quarterly profits decline ease
The group's Openreach arm has now installed 5G masts in 125 towns and cities
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The analyst said BT’s Openreach arm and the group’s pension deficit are the “two biggest drivers” for the shares
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The regulator said the telecoms giant failed to give a rival company the same information as its own bid team during the bidding process regarding one of its wholesale products
Virgin Media and O2 merger referred for full UK competition investigation
The phase 2 investigation starts immediately and follows a request from the two telecoms companies for a fast-track review
BT Group lower as workers overwhelmingly back strike action
The telecoms giant is facing its first national strike since 1994 as a ballot of 45,000 of its workers affiliated with the CWU returned 97.9% support for an official vote on a walkout
BT faces more promotional competition from Vodafone PLC and Three, says UBS
“In our view the key drivers for [BT's] stock from here are the valuation of Openreach and the clarification of the pension deficit,” analysts said
BT boss floats possible sale of Openreach business
Philip Jansen told a conference that there was “potentially” room to consider selling a minority stake in the business
BT’s Openreach hails Ofcom report on strategic independence of broadband business
The communications regulator said Openreach has made “good progress in strengthening and safeguarding” its strategic independence from the wider business
BT Group gets target price raise from Citigroup over consumer recovery, fibre expansion
The expected levels of free cash flow should offer tight cover to BT’s 7.7p dividend resuming next year
BT workers mull strike action as company 'puts profit before people'
If the CWU vote in favour of industrial action, it would be the first national strike at BT since 1994
BT Group eyes £7.9bn underlying earnings in 2023
In the half-year to September, adjusted underlying earnings came in at £3.2bn
UK to ban selling of locked mobile phones under new Ofcom rules
From next December, the regulator said mobile networks will not be able to sell handsets that can only be used on their network alone in a move designed to make switching providers easier for customers
BT and Sky to show all Premier League games in October, ahead of broadcast rights battle
Amazon has been making incursions in the Premier League broadcast clique ahead of next year's big rights auction
BT to replace Huawei kit with Nokia across mobile networks
All Huawei equipment must also be removed from UK 5G networks by 2027
The market's got it wrong about BT profits, says Credit Suisse
A lack of global sport will result in around a £400mln profit hit to BT Sport in 2021 but the analysts believe by 2022 most of the negative impact will have reversed
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BT upped to 'overweight' as Barclays highlights rapidly improving Openreach outlook
The bank also said derisked consensus estimates with an attractive valuation were also key reasons were taking a “more constructive view” on the stock