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  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    BT Group Plc
    BT staff vote to strike for first time in 35 years

    Telecoms group embroiled in dispute with union over flat-rate £1,500 pay rise

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    UK Broadband
    UK ‘altnets’ risk digging themselves into a hole

    Overbuilding poses threat to business model of fibre broadband groups challenging the big incumbents

  • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Broadband market inequalities test Westminster’s hopes of levelling up

    Disparity in access to fast internet sets back rural and poorer areas, data analysis shows

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    InterviewUK Broadband
    BT executive says Brexit is slowing superfast broadband rollout

    Openreach head hits out at ‘tortuous’ process of hiring skilled workers from the EU

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    Technology3 min
    Learning to love 5G, and beyond | FT Tech

    Business uptake 5G has been slow, and the question of how to monetise its applications still looms large

  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    Abramovich-owned UK telecoms group to be sold for £1 to tech entrepreneurs

    Future of Truphone — valued at £410mn in 2020 — thrown into doubt after sanctions imposed on Russian billionaire

  • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
    UK Broadband
    CityFibre secures £4.9bn debt raise to roll out broadband to 8mn UK homes

    Financing will enable Goldman-backed ‘altnet’ to participate in government scheme to reach rural areas

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    BT and Ericsson to offer private 5G networks to companies in the UK

    Telecoms groups have invested heavily in new technology and say it can help industry become more efficient

  • Monday, 30 May, 2022
    Telecom Italia SpA
    Telecom Italia agrees to merger of fixed network assets with Open Fiber

    Move paves way for single broadband champion in Italy

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    LexMergers & Acquisitions
    BT/Altice: Drahi stakebuilding is worthy of M&A watchdog’s scrutiny Premium content

    Leveraged private investment vehicles do not look like natural owners of national telecoms infrastructure businesses

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    BT Group Plc
    UK government to probe Altice’s BT stake

    Business secretary uses new ‘call-in’ powers to examine national security implications

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    News in-depth
    Under pressure Vodafone chief given ‘breathing space’ by new investor

    Nick Read says he is pursuing deals but shareholders are pushing for turnround at telecoms group

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Huawei Technologies
    Canada to ban Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks

    Trudeau government delivers long-awaited decision on equipment manufacturers targeted by Washington

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Vodafone Group PLC
    Vodafone targets deals as it warns on inflation hit

    UK-listed telecoms group under pressure from shareholders to overhaul its businesses

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    ‘Unlawful collusion’ by mobile groups led to Phones 4U demise, High Court told

    EE, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Vodafone and Telefónica deny working together to stop supplying retailer

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    LexVodafone Group PLC
    Vodafone/e&: new investor fortifies chief’s hand in scrap with activist Premium content

    Nick Read could use a friendly face but even a friend wants value for money when spending $4.4bn

  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    Vodafone Group PLC
    UAE telecoms group takes 9.8 per cent stake in Vodafone

    State-controlled e&, formerly known as Etisalat, says it has no plans to make an offer for the British multinational

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Deutsche Telekom AG
    Deutsche Telekom raises forecasts as Sprint acquisition pays off in US

    Group increases subscribers and net profit quadruples on back of T-Mobile Netherlands sale

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    #techFT
    Three-Vodafone may become third UK option Premium content

    SoftBank’s historic loss, Disney gains on Netflix, Google Glass 2.0?

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    LexVodafone Group PLC
    Vodafone/Three: consolidation is needed to dial up improvements Premium content

    A cost-cutting merger that boosts shareholder returns is justified

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    BT Group Plc
    BT signs sports deal with Warner Bros Discovery

    New venture will broadcast English Premier League and Uefa Champions League football matches

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Vodafone in talks to combine UK arm with CK Hutchison’s Three

    Latest effort to consolidate British mobile telecoms comes as activist investor exerts pressure

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Lex
    Airtel Africa: underserved Nigeria is an opportunity for mobile payments Premium content

    Telecoms group is not without competition but digital banking shows great potential to boost revenues

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Vodafone Group PLC
    Vodafone strengthens board with industry heavyweights

    Telecoms group appoints former chief executive of Arm and the head of France’s public broadcaster

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    EU business regulation
    European telcos seek network investment from Big Tech and streamers

    Data-guzzling groups cost sector dear, trade group says, and should help with infrastructure upgrades

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