22nd Feb 2016 06:45
LONDON (Alliance News) - BT Group PLC is set to escape a break-up this week but will face demands from a UK regulator to make its broadband network more open to its rivals, The Sunday Times reported.
A report on the future of telecommunications regulator is set to be published this week by Ofcom, the UK's media and communications regulator, and will include proposals set to reshape the industry over the coming decade, including forcing BT to open up its broadband infrastructure network to rivals.
Sharon White, Ofcom's chief executive, is, however, set to defy the calls from BT's rivals for its Openreach arm to be spun off, the newspaper said, though will keep the option open to be pursued in the future.
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/business/Tech_and_Media/article1670252.ece
By Sam Unsted; [email protected]; @SamUAtAlliance
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