Openreach is calling on comms providers to accelerate migration to digital networks as ahead of the January 2027 PSTN switch-off deadline, warning of mounting costs, security risks, and missed growth opportunities facing laggards.
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In a statement BT has confirmed that it expects to have migrated all customers off the PSTN by the end of January 2027, following a two year delay.
BT has warned the Government that it will not hit its 2025 analogue telephone network switch off deadline because of the risk of personal alarm failures as a
BT has begun to detail its roadmap for reducing exchanges, through a blog post by Chief Security and Networks Officer, Howard Watson. It plans to go from 5,600 exchanges today to 1,000 in the 2030s.
BT has named the next 18 UK exchanges where it will stop selling legacy analogue copper-based phone and broadband services. This batch, Openreach’s tranche 13, represents 161k premises.
Openreach is signalling the final call for traditional telephone exchanges as it prepares close the remaining 4,600 by the end of the decade.
Openreach has named 119 new exchange locations across the UK where it will stop selling legacy analogue services to encourage the adoption of new digital services.
Openreach is trialling a set of service management measures in Salisbury and Mildenhall to encourage customers using analogue phone lines to switch to new, digital alternatives.
WightFibre’s entire network is now fully optical as the altnet becomes the first operator to complete its copper switch-off.
As fibre providers open their customers to the world of cloud, the market value is shifting to over the top (OTT) services, says Voiceflex Sales and Marketing Director Paul Taylor.