BT increases cost savings target by £700m as cuts look set to continue
The telco giant has delivered cost savings of £1.5bn over last two years
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Cisco alum joins Finchetto to drive optical switching for AI
Former Cisco VP and Saisei Networks founder backs British startup’s bid to shake up the switch market
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Openreach names Katie Milligan as new CEO
While Clive Selley, the current CEO, will head up the company's international unit
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Hyperscale and cloud surpasses telco workforce counts for the first time, as layoffs mount
Widespread job cuts across telecoms industry hit workforce
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Howard Watson to step down from BT chief security and network role, Greg McCall to take over
Watson will remain at BT until March, McCall to take over the role from January 1, 2026
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Bharti founder Mittal and Airtel chairman Vittal secure seats on BT Group's board
The Indian telco has a 24.5 percent stake in BT
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UK's Openreach trials "panic alarms" amid spike in assault against engineers - report
Reported incidents of abuse directed at Openreach engineers was up 40 percent last year
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BT hiring for solution architect specialist to support Edge push
The successful applicant will join the broadband team
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BT chief says AI advancements could lead to more jobs cuts
Telco already expects to cut 55,000 jobs by the end of decade
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BT appoints Deutsche Telekom's Peter Leukert as chief digital officer
Leukert will join BT in September and oversee the telco's digital transformation
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Marc Allera to step down as CEO of BT's consumer division
Allera had been expected to land BT's top job last year
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BT trims workforce by 2,000, lowers overall full year revenue guidance
The company's fiber rollout continues to gather pace, while 5G subs also grow
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BT outlines further £3bn cost savings target by 2029
The telco is set to cut 55,000 jobs by end of decade
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BT appoints McKinsey partner as head of strategy unit
Tom Meakin has joined on a secondment
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BT names Telia boss Allison Kirkby as chief executive
Kirkby will replace Philip Jansen next year
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BT CEO Philip Jansen to step down within 12 months
The telco has started the hunt for his successor
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BT has forked out over £600k for work and safety breaches in London
Relates to offenses between 2010 and 2019
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BT to replace 55,000 workers by end of decade, as chief executive heralds AI
CWU urges BT to keep as many core workers as possible
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BT scoping out successor to CEO Philip Jansen
Is Jansen on his way out at the telco after four years?
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CWU reaches pay rise agreement with BT
Puts an end to the long-running dispute that led to several strikes
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CWU and BT back in discussions over pay dispute
It follows a number of strikes held by BT workers this year
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BT increases cost saving targets by £500m
With some job cuts expected at the UK telco
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BT chief architect Neil McRae leaves the telco
McRae is expected to be in the role until end of year, as BT reshuffles networks team
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CWU puts blame on BT bosses as strikes continue
BT staff have taken to the picket lines again
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BT and Openreach workers continue strike action over pay
Second time workers have gone on strike this year
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Further BT strikes to go ahead at end of August
Around 40,000 BT workers went on strike at the end of July over pay dispute
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Union: Two days of strikes should be “wake-up call” to BT execs, shows "we mean business"
But BT has yet to come back to the table
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BT workers to strike after union demands not met
Summer of strikes comes to telecoms