The Latest Breaking News from Openreach

BT replaces Openreach boss in latest management shake-up

Katie Milligan replaces Clive Selley, who oversaw £12bn rollout of full fibre broadband to 25m homes

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10

Openreach is planning major price hikes to force business users off old copper networks

Three price hikes this year could see copper networks costing businesses twice as much as they did last year.

TechRadar · Feb 9

Telecoms giant’s profits dip after losing more than 200,000 broadband customers

Adjusted UK service revenues fell by 2 per cent to £3.8 billion for the quarter

The Independent UK · Feb 5

Telecoms giant BT cuts another 5,000 jobs as broadband customers go elsewhere

Openreach broadband customers fell by 242,000 over the second quarter of 2025

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025

BT loses broadband customers to rivals and sheds another 5,000 jobs

The telecoms giant said its Openreach broadband customers fell by 242,000 over the second quarter of 2025.

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025

Proposed changes to business rates ‘risk slowdown’ in investment, warns BT

BT’s finance chief said expected changes at next month’s Budget could cost infrastructure firms an extra £400 million each year.

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2025

Openreach announces additional 94 exchange locations

It plans to halt the sale of traditional copper-based phone and broadband services in a bid to encourage people to upgrade to digital.

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2025

Openreach engineers trial panic alarms as incidents of abuse and assault soar

Exclusive: UK company reports 450 incidents in a year, with workers spat at, shaken off ladders and pushed down stairs

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2025

Fishing vessel damages subsea cable leaving 10,000 without broadband

A FISHING vessel is believed to have been the source to damages to the Shefa-2 subsea cable over the weekend, which left thousands without power

The National (Scotland) · Jul 29, 2025

Tanks of water shipped to Scottish island up to five times a week amid low reserves

TANKS of treated water are being shipped to a Scottish island up to five times a week to combat low reserve levels ...

The National (Scotland) · Jul 27, 2025