A gang of copper thieves who ‘colluded’ with crooked BT employees to steal quarter of a million pounds worth of underground cables have been jailed for a total of 32 and a half years. The thieves ...

Hundreds of meters of copper cable were stolen in the North Lincolnshire village of Winteringham earlier this month, BT has said. According to the telco, the theft of more than 330 meters of copper ...

Communications watchdog Ofcom has said BT must open up its cable network and allow competition to improve UK internet connections. The regulator has so far stopped short of demanding a complete ...

BT has been accused of laying old-fashioned cables that have left Britain trailing behind European rivals. Critics say the firm's Openreach arm has been using outdated copper wires to connect homes to ...

BT has developed a fibre-optic cable which can make sharp turns without kinking and could slash the cost of installing superfast broadband to homes and businesses. Officially tagged ‘bend insensitive ...

BT has successfully deployed a new type of fibre optic cable in London’s West End which promises to accelerate the rollout of ultrafast broadband across the UK. Installing new FTTP lines comes with a ...

BT's tech boffins, joined by experts from French company Alcatel-Lucent, have set a new record for data transfer speeds over fibre cables. Peaking at 1.4Tb, the speeds were achieved using commercial ...

Telecoms giant BT today launched a drive to target thieves who steal cables in the face of a big increase in the crime fuelled by surging scrap copper prices. Thieves are targeting the copper ...

BT Retail has today released more details on its new 'no-frills' ADSL service, plans of which were reported earlier this month. The service will cost £27 per month, and will only offer a basic ...

Telephone cables will now be coated in SmartWater to "tag" those who steal them Copper theft is a growing problem for the communication network in Northern Ireland, BT has said. In recent weeks, ...

Copper theft is a growing problem for the communication network in Northern Ireland, BT has said. In recent weeks, stolen cables have caused disruption to phone lines in south Tyrone and in Banbridge ...