BT's

It does plan to launch a fibre product using BT's network this year.

Rubber-stamping Stephen Hester's RBS bonus is no one's idea of 'popular capitalism' 2012

Sky faces a choice: it can pay the BT wholesale price which is less regulated than for copper, and costs more – connection fee per customer is £80, or use BT's ducts and poles to lay own a fibre network – an expensive gamble.

Rubber-stamping Stephen Hester's RBS bonus is no one's idea of 'popular capitalism' 2012

BT's pension deficit widened to £4.1 billion, net of tax, at the end of December from a deficit of £2.5 billion three months earlier because of lower corporate bond yields and higher-than-expected inflation.

BT Profit Jumps on Cost Cuts Lilly Vitorovich 2012

Sky and TalkTalk have invested heavily in "unbundling" BT's copper network, putting their equipment in local exchanges.

Rubber-stamping Stephen Hester's RBS bonus is no one's idea of 'popular capitalism' 2012

On BT's closely watched pension deficit—which has been a concern for investors and analysts for years because of its size—Mr. Livingston said the group could pay a "significant" amount into the pension fund given its strong cash generation and the tax advantages in doing so, but stressed nothing has been decided.

BT Profit Jumps on Cost Cuts Lilly Vitorovich 2012

BT's order book was steady at £1.6 billion in the third quarter from a year earlier.

BT Profit Jumps on Cost Cuts Lilly Vitorovich 2012

Worries over BT's pension deficit remain, however.

BT Profit Jumps on Cost Cuts Lilly Vitorovich 2011

The performance was bolstered by BT's global services unit, which provides information technology systems to major companies.

BT Profit Jumps on Cost Cuts Lilly Vitorovich 2011

More The Source: Pension-Deficit Hike Taints BT's Results BT has been cutting costs to get the business in shape, while rolling out its fiber broadband network to attract new customers.

BT Profit Jumps on Cost Cuts Lilly Vitorovich 2012

Mr. Verwaayen asked BT's chairman at the time, Sir Christopher Bland , what he thought.

Carbon Execution Officer Stephanie Gruner 2011