Reports: BT Group reels in £105m from first ever recycling deal for leftover copper cables

Stuart Stone
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Telco giant confident of recovering some 200,000 tonnes of copper from old legacy network over the next decade, reports claim

BT Group has received £105m as upfront prepayment for the sale of leftover copper cabling from its old network of broadband and phone lines to a recycling company, according to reports over the weekend....

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