BT Research has concluded that it can not legally be separated from BT , despite the recommendation being made by industry regulator ##s . The future of BT ’s networks business is in the balance after BT ordered the parent firm to make it a separate company . After studying submission from the BT Pension Scheme , Haitong has found that separation would render Openreach insolvent , and hurt BT ’s ability to stand by its pension scheme . Ofcom stated that its plans for separation are “ achievable , proportionate and carefully considered . ”
Haitong Research has concluded that Openreach cannot legally be separated from BT, despite the recommendation being made by industry regulator Ofcom. The future of BT’s networks subsidiary is in the balance after Ofcom ordered the parent firm to make it a separate company. After studying submission from the BT Pension Scheme, Haitong has found that separation would render Openreach insolvent, and hurt BT’s ability to stand by its pension scheme. Ofcom asserts that its plans for separation are “achievable, proportionate and carefully considered.”