https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/24/bt_31000_staff_going_to_openreach_in_october/

BT Group today said it has started consultation with 31,000 staff that are bound for Openreach in October, according to a statement filed with the London Stock Exchange.

In early 2016, UK comms regulator Ofcom identified serious failings with BT's ownership of Openreach, a subsidiary that runs Britain's entire broadband infrastructure. It said Openreach had an incentive to make decisions that benefited its telco parent rather than BT's rivals.