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Openreach Limited
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Telecommunications
Founded
2006
Headquarters
London, England, UK
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Mike McTighe (Chairman)
Clive Selley (Chief Executive)
Revenue
£ 5.2 billion (2021)
Operating income
£ 2.9 billion (2021)
Number of employees
35,400 (2021)
Parent
BT Group
Website
www.openreach.com
Openreach Limited are a company wholly owned by BT Group plc, that maintain telephone cables, ducts, cabinets and exchanges that connect nearly all homes and businesses in the United Kingdom to various national broadband and telephone networks. They were established in 2006 following an agreement between BT and the UK's telecoms regulator, Ofcom, to implement certain undertakings, pursuant to the Enterprise Act 2002, to ensure that rival telecom operators have equality of access to BT's local network.[1][2]
Openreach manages BT's local access network which connects customers to their local telephone exchange, starting at the main distribution frame (MDF) in the exchange and ending at the network termination point (NTP) at the end user's premises. Openreach also manages the connections between the MDF and the BT Wholesale/local-loop unbundling (LLU) termination points located in the exchange, often referred to as jumper connections.
In March 2017, after various negotiations with, and demands from, Ofcom, BT plc agreed to divest Openreach's staff and non-network assets into a legally separate company, Openreach Limited. However, the network assets would still be owned by BT plc to ensure the longevity of leases and covenants, and Openreach Limited would still be wholly owned by BT plc's parent holding company, BT Group plc.
^"Implementation of BT's Undertakings". Ofcom. 30 April 2010. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
^"Introduction to the Telecoms Review". Ofcom. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
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has a universal service obligation, although companies can now contract Openreach to install a phone line on their behalf, rather than telling the customer...
front panel and its wiring is the customer's, while the rear wiring is Openreach's. The removable panel allows separation of these two parts and independent...
place. In 2022, the bridge was reduced to one lane of traffic to allow Openreach to divert cables. In March 2023, construction of a temporary bridge began...
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Global Information
£ 5.2 billion (2021)