BT to hire 3,000 engineers in drive to fill broadband 'not-spots'

BT Openreach push to provide ultrafast service to 1m more homes and firms than plannedBT is to create 3,000 engineering jobs this year as part of a plan to speed up the rollout of fibre broadband and eliminate “not-spots” in cities and suburban areas.
Kicking off a drive to upgrade the UK to next-generation gigabit speed internet, BT said it will recruit and train the engineers in order to reach its new target of 3m homes and businesses by 2020. It had previously committed to reachin