BT avoids Openreach breakup but Ofcom orders more investment

Media regulator Ofcom instead orders BT to give further independence and investment powers to broadband division

BT will not have to sell off its Openreach broadband division despite concerns that it has been starved of investment and provides a poor quality of service to millions of homes.

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has instead ordered BT to give more independence and investment powers to Openreach, which owns the fibre and copper wires that run from the local telephone exchange to homes and businesses.