James Lilley

Built World

Leading Openreach's push to move the last complex copper lines before 31 January 2027

About one million copper phone lines are still in use across the UK, including 300,000 in business premises. Openreach has told communications providers the old analogue network, the Public Switched Telephone Network, will be retired on 31 January 2027 and the date will not move.

Updated Nov 1