Over 40,000 members at the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have agreed to strike for two days on August 30 and 31.
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The strike includes more than 30,000 Openreach engineers taking industrial action over a pay dispute.
It follows two months of discussions between the CWU and BT Group at the start of the year when no agreement on pay could be reached.
A BT Group spokesperson said: "We know that our colleagues are dealing with the impacts of high inflation and, although we're disappointed, we respect their decision to strike.
"We have made the best pay award we could and we are in constant discussions with the CWU to find a way forward from here.
"In the meantime, we will continue to work to minimise any disruption and keep our customers and the country connected".
According to the BT Group, the company gave its team members and frontline staff the highest pay award in more than 20 years when it became clear that no agreement could be reached with the CWU.
As a result, all team members and frontline colleagues at BT Group received a fully consolidated pay increase of £1,500, representing a pay rise of around five per cent on average and eight per cent for the lowest paid staff.
However, BT Group says that the CWU still balloted its members who voted in favour of industrial action among its Openreach and BT members.
According to the CWU, 28,425 members were entitled to vote, with 95.8 per cent voting in favour of industrial action on a 74.8 per cent turnout.
At BT, 10,353 members were issued with ballot papers in which 91.5 per cent voted to strike on a turnout of 58.2 per cent.
