The UK newspapers this week reported Vodafone joining the list of companies calling for the breakup of incumbent telco BT, as a response to regulator Ofcom’s sector consultation on the future of telecommunications. The issue is fixed broadband, and Vodafone adds its weight to Sky and TalkTalk who are also major rivals in delivering broadband in the UK. They all want BT OpenReach, which runs the copper loops in the UK, to be separated from the rest of BT. The truth is this is very unlikely to happen. OpenReach was set up under a compromise deal with Ofcom in 2006, to dis-entangle the way that broadband lines were allocated, from the core residential customer facing parts of BT. OpenReach was…