Comment : No Need For Tories To Break Up BT Monopoly
News Mobile & Telco
On Sunday, Jeremy Hunt, the Shadow Culture Secretary, said that a Tory government will coerce BT into allowing its fiercest competitors to use its extensive network infrastructure. The Register understands that Mr Hunt, and subsequently the Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne, will be targeting Openreach, and not BT proper. Although Openreach is a division of BT Group, it is legally obliged to follow certain rules following the Enterprise Act of 2002 that was...
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