TalkTalk calls for BT breakup intensifies
By Seb Joseph
TalkTalk has urged regulator Offcom to instruct rival BT to spin out its infrastructure division Openreach due to competition concerns.
The telecoms firm aired its grievances in what The Telegraph reports is a strongly worded contribution to Offcom’s ten-year review of the telecoms market. BT’s “motive is to extract value” from its existing copper assets and pump the money into pay TV sports and its pending acquisition of rival mobile network EE.
“An incumbent of this size will never have a strong enough incentive to invest in transformative new technology and infrastructure,” said TalkTalk in the document. It added that BT has Read full story ›
Source: The Drum




