FORTHRIGHT BT
boss Philip Jansen telephones (appropriately enough) the MoS offices after a welcome share price rally.
Last week’s boost came from a speech by Ofcom chief Melanie Dawes, who said the regulator would not bring in price controls on full- fibre broadband until at least 2031. BT is spending £12 billion upgrading homes a nd Jansen wanted a longer delay to potential price caps, as it will take two decades for BT to make money from the project.
Following t he Ofcom statement, he’s worried the Government is going cold on the big broadband push. He says: ‘We are in danger of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
‘There’s no better silver bullet post-Covid than digital infrastructure.’