British Regulator Sets out Plans to Give Greater Access to BT Network
November 02 2018 - 3:25AM
Dow Jones News
By Adria Calatayud
British telecommunications regulator Ofcom on Friday set out
proposals to give greater access to BT Group PLC's (BT.A.LN)
network to U.K. providers of telecoms services starting from spring
2019.
Ofcom said companies offering any type of telecoms
services--including high-speed lines for large businesses, networks
carrying data for mobile operators and high-capacity lines
supporting broadband services--will have unrestricted access to the
infrastructure owned by BT's network arm Openreach, which maintains
the U.K.'s main broadband network. This is currently restricted to
companies offering primarily residential broadband services, the
regulator said.
Ofcom said it intends to maintain charge controls on BT for
business connectivity--connections used by telecoms providers for
connecting offices, mobile base stations, and broadband access
networks--in geographic areas where the prospects for competition
are low.
The regulator said it will ease existing rules in areas where
there is stronger competition or prospective competition.
BT will also be required to give rivals physical access to its
so-called "dark-fiber"--the unused parts of its infrastructure
installed alongside currently used lines--where it faces no
competition from other operators, Ofcom said.
Ofcom said these proposals will remain open to consultations
until Jan. 18, 2019, while final conclusions are due in the spring
of next year.
Write to Adria Calatayud at
adria.calatayudvaello@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 02, 2018 04:10 ET (08:10 GMT)
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