{"id":21171,"date":"2020-05-07T11:33:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T11:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/?p=280266"},"modified":"2020-05-07T11:33:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T11:33:07","slug":"bt-to-wield-axe-on-legacy-services-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/05\/07\/bt-to-wield-axe-on-legacy-services-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"BT to wield axe on legacy services, costs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\tBT outlined plans to slash \u00a32 billion from costs within five years, as part of fresh business transformation measures unveiled in its annual results, with the company also killing-off dividend payments until 2022.<\/p>\n

The UK-headquartered operator noted its previous \u201ccost transformation programme\u201d, announced in May 2018 [1], had been completed a year ahead of schedule and generated annual savings of \u00a31.5 billion, at a cost of \u00a3670 million.<\/p>\n

With those cuts complete, management\u2019s attention has turned to measures to simplify its product portfolio, automate customer interactions, modernise IT systems and migrate users off legacy networks to FTTP and 5G.<\/p>\n

These changes, along with another reduction in \u201clabour costs\u201d and payments made to external suppliers, are expected to save \u00a31 billion a year by the end-March 2023, increasing to \u00a32 billion two years later.<\/p>\n

BT anticipates the plan will cost it \u00a31.3 billion to implement, with the majority of the fees incurred in the first three years.<\/p>\n

The company noted it had also taken other measures to refocus its business. In its fiscal Q4 (calendar Q1) it announced the sale of professional services software unit Tikit Group and agreed to sell some of its operations across 16 countries in Latin America. It is also in talks to divest operations in France.<\/p>\n

In a statement, CEO Philip Jansen (pictured) said: \u201cBT needs to be leaner, simpler and more agile. Today we are announcing a radical modernisation and simplification programme that will use technology to create a better BT for the future. This five-year initiative will re-engineer old and out-of-date processes, rationalise products, reduce re-work and switch off many legacy services.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cutting returns
\nElsewhere in its financial statement for the year to end-March, the company announced the suspension of its dividend until 2022 to free-up cash for the potential impact of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and fund continued rollout of 5G and fibre. It also became the latest operator to suspend financial guidance for the current fiscal year.<\/p>\n

BT noted it would be investing \u201csignificantly\u201d in 5G over coming quarters with a target of doubling its footprint by March 2021.<\/p>\n

Fiscal Q4 revenue from its consumer operation, which includes mobile operator EE, dipped 4 per cent year-on-year to \u00a32.5 billion. Though not breaking out the reason for the quarterly drop, across the year the company noted regulatory headwinds from international calling and mobile spending caps.<\/p>\n

Net profit is not reported for fiscal Q4, but across the full year it fell to \u00a31.7 billion from \u00a32.2 billion in the year to end-March 2019, though the company said the figures are not directly comparable due to accounting changes.<\/p>\n

Annual revenue was down 3 per cent to \u00a322.8 billion.<\/p>\n

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