BT Group

Plusnet is a British quad play internet service provider (ISP); providing broadband, landline, digital television and Mobile services. The company was founded in 1997 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and became a public limited company (plc) in July 2004 when it was floated on the Alternative Investment Market. On 30 January 2007, Plusnet was acquired by BT Group, but it continues to operate as a separate business. By December 2013, it had over 750,000 customers across the UK.

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BT Group Plc is a holding company, which engages in the provision of communications services. It operates through the following segments: Consumer, Enterprise, Global, Openreach, and Other. The Consumer segment offers mobile, broadband, home phone, and television services. The Enterprise segment markets communications and information technology (IT) services to businesses and public sector organizations; and provides network products and services to communications. The Global segment includes managed network and IT infrastructure services. The Openreach segment builds and manages the fixed network that connects the homes and businesses. The Other segment refers to the unallocated technology costs and corporate units. The company was founded by Sir William Fothergill Cooke, George Parker Bidder and Joseph Lewis Ricardo in 1846 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

BT Group PLC (LSE:BT.A) has appointed former Royal Mail PLC and ITV PLC boss and serial non-executive director Adam Crozier as its new chairman. Crozier, who currently chairs Whitbread PLC (LSE:WTB), ASOS PLC (AIM:ASC), Kantar Group and is a non-exec at Sony (NYSE:SNE), will take over from Jan du Plessis when he retires from BT on 1 December.

BT appoints former Royal Mail and ITV boss Adam Crozier as new chair

BT named Adam Crozier as its next chairman on Tuesday, saying the experienced operator would take over the roll on December 1 to see the group through one of the most important periods in its 175-year history.

BT names Crozier as next chairman

Virgin Media O2 has complained that a new wholesale pricing structure being offered by BT Group PLC for its new fast fibre network threatens competition and the UK's switch to speedier broadband. Discounts being offered to broadband retailers could push smaller operators out of these areas, said Virgin Media O2, especially if Openreach, BT's broadband arm, offers new customers incentives such as lower rentals and connection deals.

BT Group fast-fibre pricing under fire from rival

The threat to BT Group PLC's Openreach business from Virgin Media O2 has been overestimated, according to Jefferies, which has reiterated its BT ‘buy' recommendation. BT shares received a fillip in June when Altice, the telecoms group founded by French billionaire Patrick Drahi, has taken a 12.1% stake in the UK telecoms giant, since when the shares have declined by around 15%, which broker Jefferies puts down to concerns over Virgin Media O2's (VMO2) announcement that it will upgrade 14.3mln homes to “fibre to the premises" (FTTP) by 2028.

BT share price pullback overdone, says Jefferies

BT Group PLC has accelerated its move into cybersecurity with the launch of a managed system that warns UK businesses of suspicious activity and blocks threats and attacks before they happen. Roughly two-thirds of mid-large businesses reporting a cyber-crime over the last 12 months, said the telecoms giant, with UK businesses hit by an attack every 45 seconds.

BT pushes further into cybersecurity with new business service

BT Group Plc will see strong growth at Openreach, according to analysts at Berenberg, who caution that stiff competition in the longer term will see the unit's revenue stagnate in the second half of the decade. The European bank in a note, following financial statements released on Friday, highlighted that it values BT at around £20bn.

BT Group's Openreach revenue will stagnate in second half of decade - Berenberg

Britain's BT reported a better-than-expected 3% rise in adjusted first-quarter earnings on Thursday, which it said reflected improved trading across most of its business and underpinned its confidence it was on the path to growth.

BT says on track after reporting 3% rise in Q1 earnings

BT Group PLC (LSE:BT.A) (LON:BT.A) is due to deliver a trading update on Thursday as investors keep a wary eye on the telecom giant's operating trends amid the pressures of the pandemic, competition and regulatory changes. For the first quarter, analysts at UBS are expecting some improvement for the firm as the effects of the pandemic reduce, although they added that revenues are likely to remain under pressure.

BT Group, Lloyds, and Shell in spotlight for Thursday

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BT Group, Lloyds, and Royal Dutch Shell Plc in spotlight for Thursday

BT Group PLC (LON:BT.A) has heavily backed Silicon Valley-based cyber risk management firm Safe Security in a new funding round, the telecoms group said today. In a statement, the UK group said it was the largest investor in the latest round of funding for Safe Security which helps organisations assess their cyber defences and = their likelihood of suffering a major attack.

BT invests in Silicon Valley cyber security outfit Safe Security

BT, the owner of Britain's EE mobile company, said on Wednesday it would phase out 3G in the next two years to free up airwaves to help bring 5G to the entire country by 2028.

Britain's BT to phase out 3G in next two years as it ramps 5G

Italy's competition watchdog said on Monday it had cleared, with conditions, Telecom Italia's proposed acquisition of some of British telecoms group BT's business units in the country.

Italy antitrust gives conditional OK to TIM buying some BT units

BT Group PLC (LON:BT.A) and OneWeb Satellites, the London-based rival for SpaceX's Starlink satellite broadband network, have agreed a deal to provide internet to remote rural areas of the UK.  Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the pair, they will "explore the provision of improved digital communication services to "some of the hardest to reach parts of the UK".

BT Group in talks with satellite internet specialist OneWeb over rural connectivity

BT Group PLC's (LON:BT.A) mobile operator EE has announced plans to apply roaming charges to UK users travelling to the EU, five months after pledging it won't happen. From January next year, EE will introduce a new flat fee of £2 a day for customers using their UK phones in 47 European destinations, so they can use their plan's full data, minutes and texts allowance.

BT's EE makes U-turn on roaming charges with new hefty fee

BT Group PLC (LON:BT.A) shares have the potential to reach 300p according to analysts at Barclays. While the bank says this is its best-case valuation, as investors focus switches to OpenReach/fibre monetisation and inflationary retail there is the potential for the price to get there.

BT shares can hit £3 reckons Barclays

BT Group Plc (LON:BT.A) has been linked to a possible deal with Rupert Murdoch, who according to reports, has opened talks over a partnership for the telecoms TV operation. The Sun publisher and former Sky owner is the latest rumoured suitor for the BT Sport business unit, which holds Premier League and Champions League broadcast rights.

BT Group talks to Rupert Murdoch's News UK as latest suitor for sports unit

There has been a major change in BT's shareholding structure. This change needs to be investigated by going through market dynamics in light of COVID impacts and the competition.

BT Group: The Upside Should Continue

BT Group PLC (LON;BT.A) shares briefly topped £2 for the first time in eighteen months today as investors speculated on the next move of new 12% shareholders Patrick Drahi. Altice, the French billionaire's vehicle, announced the stake last week and though it said it was not interested in making a full takeover offer few expect it to sit quietly while BT gets on with things.

BT shares top £2 for first time in eighteen months

BT Group PLC is unlikely to get an easy ride from new shareholder and likely new board member Patrick Drahi, at least that's a view emerging in the City of London. The French billionaire last week spent some £2bn to acquire 12% of the British telco's shares.

Can BT Group cope with a backseat driver in the boardroom?

BT Group PLC (LON:BT.A) investors should be reassured by French billionaire Patrick Drahi's purchase of a 12% stake, suggests JP Morgan. Drahi has always had “ambitious return expectations for all of his investments,” said JPM and is unlikely to be satisfied by “modest” double-digit return on his investment in BT.

BT set for changes with ambitious Altice on board reckons JP Morgan

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Altice, the telecoms group founded by French billionaire Patrick Drahi, has taken a 12.1% stake in BT Group PLC (LON:BT.A) but says it does not intend to bid. In a statement, Altice said that it “holds the Board and Management team of BT in high regard and is supportive of their strategy.

BT won't face takeover bid from new 12% shareholder Altice

Patrick Drahi's Altice Group said on Thursday that it had taken a 12.1% stake in Britain's BT Group becoming its largest shareholder.

Altice takes 12% stake in BT, says no plans to make takeover offer

BT Group PLC (LON:BT.A) is looking toppy according to Berenberg, which has downgraded its rating to 'hold'. Shares in the telecoms giant have risen by 75% since the German broker upgraded to 'buy' in August last year.

BT Group downgraded as outlook looking more challenging, says Berenberg

There is nothing like a BT Group PLC (LON:BT.A) statement to get analysts' number-crunching juices flowing and the City's scribblers have been busy after yesterday's trio of announcements, Barclays says the share price markdown for BT on the increased capex unveiled by the telco to accelerate its fibre roll-out misses the long-term benefits. This is "good/high ROCE capex", Barclays argues and as such is a “positive value driver longer-term”.

BT gets nod of approval for faster fibre roll-out from three City heavyweights

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