Conference Programme 2026

This session has been run for the past 3 years at BAPCO and concentrates on the biggest change to the UKs Telecommunications network for a generation. The All-IP (PSTN Switch-Off) programme started in 2018 and culminates in the switch off of the BT equipment that was installed in the 1980s and is now seriously out of date and hard to maintain. The slot explores the last 230 days of the programme and the switch off at the end of January 2027, when the last PSTN lines will be terminated. It also highlights the work Openreach have done with Industry, including blue light services for the past 5 years and the migration choices that Openreach’s 690 Communications Providers have available for a safe migration, including the over 20M FTTP full fibre lines that are at the cutting edge of Broadband Servicesk taking the UK into the future.