TalkTalk has written to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (BDUK) calling for consultancy Analysis Mason (AM) to be removed from work for government broadband officials. The letter states that “[a]s a result of this work, it is clear that there are significant risks associated with using AM as an expert witness in any future trials or proceedings relating to broad@@ " AM's report for BDUK "may be influenced by its desire to secure more commercial work from BT", said the letter. A report from the consultancy claimed any new ultrafast broadband was "highly unlikely" to succeed, effectively supporting BT's campaign to prevent the splitting out of Openreach.
TalkTalk has written to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (BDUK) calling for consultancy Analysis Mason (AM) to be removed from work for government broadband officials. Citing conflicts of interest, AM's role was referred to as "untenable", with TalkTalk claiming it "is likely as a matter of course to give less weight to our views than to the views of its client BT." AM's report for BDUK "may be influenced by its desire to secure more commercial work from BT", said the letter. A report from the consultancy claimed any new ultrafast broadband was "highly unlikely" to succeed, effectively supporting BT's campaign to prevent the splitting out of Openreach.