BT’s Q1 FY27 results on 23 July 2026 reported an Openreach FTTP footprint of 23.4 million premises, up 514k in the quarter and above the 22 million threshold (BT Group results statement).
Footprint market resolves on BT Group's Q1 FY27 results statement (due late July 2026); the reported Openreach FTTP premises-passed figure decides, with no resolution extension if results are delayed past 31 July.
We looked at four big national technology switch-offs in Britain: the old phone network, 3G mobile, the copper stop and digital TV. Half of them ran to their first schedule. The ones done area by area mostly kept to time. The one with a single national date, the old phone network, moved by 13 months.