BT unveils $22bn plan to upgrade copper network to full fibre

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BT unveils $22bn plan to upgrade copper network to full fibre

Prepares to meet the challenge posed by merger of two biggest rivals.

Britain's biggest telecoms group BT suspended its dividend and said it would spend billions more on faster fibre broadband connections, as it prepares to meet the challenge posed by the merger of two of its biggest rivals. Shares in the former monopoly fell as much as 12 percent to an ...

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