Unsure what Shapps personally has to gain from this but there's probably something there.
The report has numerous inaccuracies and mischaracterisations.
Openreach have achieved the coverage targets required according to their contracts. At no point was full coverage expected as a result of the contracts and the funding provided. It was nowhere near enough.
There is no indication that separating Openreach from the rest of BT will achieve anything positive in the short or medium term.
Perhaps Mr Murdoch worked his magic. Both Sky and Shapps have a record of profiting from others' work, with Sky being somewhat better in that they actually paid to use it.
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Responded to BBC story.
http://telcotorment.blogspot.co.uk/2...-suddenly.html