Ofcom tells BT to open up infrastructure to rivals

Openreach should be run at 'arm's length', regulator says in review, but BT should keep control of cable network - for now

BT has been told to help rivals use its infrastructure to lay fibre cables that are faster than its own copper network, as part of a review of Britain's broadband needs by the regulator Ofcom.

In a once in a decade review, the regulator stopped short of recommending that BT be forced to split off Openreach, the division that owns the broadband infrastructure.