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BT is in the middle of a $20 billion transformational programme to build a national fibre network

Drahi raises his stake in BT to 18%

Patrick Drahi said today he had increased his stake in BT to 18%, drawing a defensive response from the British government even though the Franco-Israeli telecoms entrepreneur said he did not intend to launch a takeover.

Business • 14 Dec 21

BT has eported adjusted core earnings of £3.75 billion, up 1%, helped by tight cost management

BT confirms outlook after 3% drop in first-half revenue

BT heralded its progress in building the UK's biggest fibre broadband network today, saying lower costs and strong demand would underpin returns to investors, in its latest effort to keep a circling shareholder at bay.

Business • 04 Nov 21

BT said Crozier would bring his experience in running public and private companies to the British firm

BT names Crozier as next chairman

Telecoms company, BT, named Adam Crozier as its next chairman, tapping one of the most experienced corporate operators in Britain to oversee the group through a key transformational period in its 175-year history.

Business • 17 Aug 21

EE said it will not charge customers extra to use their phones in Ireland

EE to bring back roaming charges, but Ireland exempt

British mobile operator EE said today it would introduce a £2 a day roaming charge for travellers to EU destinations from next January for new and upgrading customers.

Business • 24 Jun 21

The BT bonus comprises an immediate £1,000 cash payment and £500 in shares after three years

BT to pay frontline staff £1,500 Covid bonus

BT said today it would pay 59,000 frontline workers a £1,500 special bonus to recognise their efforts to keep customers and the country connected during the pandemic.

Business • 24 Mar 21

BT is creating more than 70 new Irish jobs as it prepares to open its new procurement arm, BT Sourced, here later this year

BT Sourced to create 70 jobs in Dublin

Communications company BT is creating more than 70 new Irish jobs as it prepares to open its new Dublin-based procurement arm, BT Sourced, in April.

Business • 18 Feb 21

BT reported adjusted revenue of £5.477 billion and core earnings of £1.882 billion for the three months to the end of December

BT reports 5% drop in Q3 earnings and revenue

BT said it remained on track for the year after reporting a 5% drop in both adjusted revenue and core earnings for its third quarter, a fall it mainly put down to the impact of Covid-19.

Business • 04 Feb 21

CALL claims that BT has not properly addressed past overcharging

BT faces compensation claim over fixed-line prices

British telecoms operator BT is facing a claim for almost £600m lodged by a consumer campaign group, which says the company failed to compensate fixed-line customers, many of them elderly, for overcharging.

Business • 18 Jan 21

BT has reported an 8% drop in revenue to £10.59 billion

BT nudges up earnings guidance after challenging H1

BT, Britain's biggest fixed-line and mobile operator, said it had delivered a strong operational performance in the first half given the challenges of Covid-19 as it raised the lower limit of its earnings guidance for the year.

Business • 29 Oct 20

The new deal will make Nokia BT's largest equipment provider

Nokia wins 5G radio equipment contract from BT

Nokia has clinched a deal with Britain's biggest mobile operator BT to supply 5G radio equipment, the Finnish company said today, in one of the first major wins under new CEO Pekka Lundmark.

Business • 29 Sep 20

CEO Philip Jansen said BT delivered a strong operating performance in the quarter

BT's Q1 revenue and earnings fall 7% on Covid-19 impact

BT, Britain's biggest broadband and mobile operator, today reported a 7% drop in both revenue and core earnings in its first quarter after the Covid-19 pandemic impacted its BT Sport television revenue and reduced demand from business customers.

Business • 31 Jul 20

BT pulls dividend until 2021/22 due to coronavirus

BT has suspended its dividend and said it would spend billions more on faster fibre broadband connections, as it prepares to meet the challenge posed by the merger of two of its biggest rivals.

Business • 07 May 20

BT's chief executive Philip Jansen said he would donate his salary for at least the next six months

BT won't cut jobs and will maintain pay during crisis

The head of telecoms giant BT said he would donate his salary to health workers for at least six months and award a pay rise to his frontline staff who are maintaining broadband networks during the Covid-19 shutdown.

Business • 06 Apr 20

BT CEO's Philip Jansen said his symptoms seemed mild

BT says its CEO has tested positive for Covid-19

Britain's biggest telecoms group BT said its chief executive, Philip Jansen, has tested positive for Covid-19.

Business • 13 Mar 20

The Chinese giant's involvement in the UK's telecoms industry has become politically controversial

UK & Japanese companies delay release of Huawei phones

Four major UK and Japanese mobile phone companies said today they will delay releasing new 5G handsets made by Huawei amid a US-led crackdown on the Chinese tech firm over security concerns.

Business • 22 May 19

Outgoing BT CEO Gavin Patterson will be replaced by Worldpay's Philip Jansen from February

BT reports 2% rise in H1 earnings, nudges up outlook

BT's outgoing boss said its recovery plan was delivering after more sales of high-end smartphones and cost savings across the business helped the telecoms company achieve higher than expected first half earnings.

Business • 01 Nov 18

The move ends months of speculation about who would be chosen to tackle a host of problems at BT

BT names Worldpay's Philip Jansen as new CEO

BT Group has today appointed Worldpay co-CEO Philip Jansen as its new chief executive.

Business • 25 Oct 18

Gavin Patterson has been CEO at BT for almost five years

BT's CEO Gavin Patterson to step down

BT Group's chief executive Gavin Patterson will step down later this year after the UK telecom company's chairman said a change in leadership was needed.

Business • 08 Jun 18

BT has detailed plans to exit its headquarters in central London

BT to cut 13,000 UK jobs and leave London headquarters

BT is cutting 13,000 managerial and back-office jobs and leaving its London headquarters in the latest attempt by Britain's biggest telecoms group to rebuild after an accounting scandal and downturn in trading.

Business • 10 May 18

Sky wins bulk of Premier League rights as value slips

Rupert Murdoch's Sky will pay £3.58 billion to show 128 Premier League matches for three seasons from 2019/20.

Business • 14 Feb 18

BT said its third quarter pretax profit was £660m on revenue of £5.97 billion,

BT on track for year after Q3 meets its expectations

Broadband and mobile provider BT broadly met market forecasts with a 25% rise in third-quarter pretax profit and said it remained confident about its full-year outcome.

Business • 02 Feb 18

Under the terms of the deal, BT will wholesale its BT Sport channels to Sky

Sky and BT sign channel sharing deal

Sky and BT have announced a deal that will allow the rival broadcasters to sell their channels on each others' platforms.

Business • 15 Dec 17

BT was 'overshadowed by the financial misconduct and collusive fraud' uncovered in Italy

BT taken steps to address accounting scandal - chairman

BT bosses have moved to assure shareholders that the telecoms giant has taken swift action following its costly Italian accounting scandal earlier this year.

Business • 12 Jul 17

BT continues its efforts to recover from Italian accounting scandal and a slowdown in government work

BT to cut 4,000 jobs in restructuring

BT will cut 4,000 jobs and replace the boss of its global services business in a plan to tackle the source of an Italian accounting scandal that stunned Britain's biggest telecoms group in January.

Business • 11 May 17

BT has been fined a record £42m for failing to install high-speed lines for businesses fast enough

BT fined £42m for business-line installation errors

Britain's BT has been fined a record £42m by the regulator for failing to install high-speed lines for businesses fast enough.

Business • 27 Mar 17