UK network operator Openreach has told its customers to remove lithium batteries from its telephone exchanges due to potential fire concerns. First reported by ISPreview, Openreach on Thursday ...

UK network operator Openreach has pushed back the closure of two telephone exchanges (aka central offices) by almost a year.

BT-owned UK broadband provision firm Openreach has begun the new year by adding more momentum to its plan to phase out the UK’s old analogue phone network (PSTN), announcing a further 98 exchanges ...

In over 100 telephone exchanges the 1st April 2025 sees Openreach implement its Exchange Exit Stop Sell programme. This means on affected exchanges things like copper based ADSL/ADSL2+ services are no ...

UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has exited the Deddington Exchange in Oxfordshire, making it the first of 4,600 exchanges across the UK to be fully de-commissioned as part of a nationwide ...

Openreach has announced that it has decommissioned Deddington telephone exchange from service in Oxfordshire, as the first of 4,600 telephone exchanges across the UK which are earmarked for closure.

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Openreach has announced a further 94 new exchange locations, covering almost one million premises across the UK, where it plans to halt the sale of traditional copper-based phone and broadband ...

Openreach has announced a further 46 new exchange locations across the UK, covering an additional 344,000 premises, where it is planning to stop selling legacy analogue services to encourage the ...