BT Group plc - UK

Synopsis

Archived report: this report was archived in February 2006 and has not been updated since. British Telecom has undergone considerable changes in recent years, partly through its own initiative and partly in response to regulator pressure. The company’s restructure in 2005 included an operational separation which saw a new unit, BT Openreach, set up in January 2006 to manage its retail business. BT has also developed innovative products and concepts such as BT Fusion. This report provides statistics and a comprehensive analysis of BT’s organisation and performance for the 2005 financial year, as well as an update to December 2005. It also assesses the important structural developments within the company in early 2006, and evaluates the NeXT strategy for an all-IP network. The Group’s international activities are profiled in the separate BT Global Services report.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Company information
  • 2.1 Year 2005 results
    • 2.1.1 Financial
    • 2.1.2 Operating
    • 2.1.3 Update - March - Dec 2005
  • 2.2 Spinning off mmO2
  • 2.3 BT’s structural separation
    • 2.3.1 Ofcom’s Strategic Review
    • 2.3.2 BT’s proposals
  • 2.4 Next Generation Networks (NGN)
  • 2.5 Project Bluephone
• 3. BT Company analysis – updated February 2006
  • 3.1 Managing early problems
    • 3.1.1 Disposals and acquisitions
    • 3.1.2 Coping with competition
  • 3.2 The way forward
    • 3.2.1 Broadband central to strategy
    • 3.2.2 Expanding wireless
  • 3.3 Upgraded network plans – 2005
• 4. The network in 2006
• 5. Operations
  • 5.1 BT Retail
    • 5.1.1 BT Openworld
  • 5.2 BT Wholesale
  • 5.3 BT Global Services
  • 5.4 BT Exact
  • 5.5 BT Openreach
  • 5.6 Re-entry into the mobile market
    • 5.6.1 Residential products
    • 5.6.2 Business products
    • 5.6.3 Wholesale products
  • 5.7 Mobile TV
• 6. Contact details
• 7. Related reports

• Table 1 – BT Group net debt – 2001 - 2005
• Table 2 – BT Group revenue – 1997 - 2005
• Table 3 – Group revenue by segment – 2003 - 2005
• Table 4 – Operating statistics per UK Fibre optic cable, Internet customers and Broadband DSL lines – 1997 - 2005
• Table 5 – BT fixed call volume growth – 1998 - 2005
• Table 6 – BT market share of residential call types by traffic volumes – 2003 - 2005
• Table 7 – BT results – 2004 - 2005
• Table 8 – Operating results by sector – 2004 - 2005
• Table 9 – BT Group turnover by sector (£ million) – 2004 - 2005
• Table 10 – BT’s market share of call types by traffic volumes – 2003 - 2005
• Table 11 – BT Retail statistics – 2003 - 2005
• Table 12 – BT Retail turnover – 2003 - 2005
• Table 13 – BT Wholesale DSL connections and annual growth – 2001 - 2005

• Exhibit 1 – BT Group at a glance
• Exhibit 2 – Major subsidiaries – 2005
• Exhibit 3 – Joint Ventures – 2005