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Craig Hale

Good news phone fans — BT has scrapped plans to ditch analogue landlines, for now

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BT has announced that it will delay previous plans to transition customers from copper-based landlines to internet-based services.

The Group’s decision to reverse the transition – or at least delay it for now – comes as a response to concerns from vulnerable groups and incidents where telecare devices, believed to be crucial for an estimated two million UK residents, could stop functioning.

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