{"id":3573,"date":"2021-11-04T12:40:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T11:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/04\/bt-scraps-hunt-for-openreach-partner-as-fibre-rollout-costs-fall\/"},"modified":"2021-11-04T12:40:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T11:40:07","slug":"bt-scraps-hunt-for-openreach-partner-as-fibre-rollout-costs-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/04\/bt-scraps-hunt-for-openreach-partner-as-fibre-rollout-costs-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"BT scraps hunt for Openreach partner as fibre rollout costs fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Company says cost of adding homes to new network has dropped 15%, and \u2018we can fund it ourselves\u2019<\/p>\n

BT has scrapped plans to find a joint venture partner to help fund the rollout of its next-generation broadband network to an extra 5 million homes, ahead of a potential takeover move<\/a> by billionaire investor Patrick Drahi next month.<\/p>\n

The company said it had abandoned plans to find a partner for its subsidiary Openreach because the cost of rolling out the new network had dropped significantly, and takeup by homes and business had proved better than expected.<\/p>\n

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\nCompany says cost of adding homes to new network has dropped 15%, and \u2018we can fund it ourselves\u2019
\nBT has scrapped plans to find a joint venture partner to help fund the rollout of its next-generation broadband network to an extra 5 million homes, ahead of a potential takeover move by billionaire investor Patrick Drahi next month.
\nThe company said it had abandoned plans to find a partner for its subsidiary Openreach because the cost of rolling out the new network had dropped significantly, and takeup by homes and business had proved better than expected. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Company says cost of adding homes to new network has dropped 15%, and \u2018we can fund it ourselves\u2019 BT has scrapped plans to find a joint venture partner to help fund the rollout of its next-generation broadband network to an extra 5 million homes, ahead of a potential takeover move by billionaire investor Patrick Drahi …<\/p>\n

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