UK watchdog still not ruled on Openreach wholesale fiber discounts
Briain's telco watchdog Ofcom is delaying a decision on Openreach’s proposed Equinox 2 wholesale pricing scheme for fiber broadband, with just weeks to go until the product aimed at internet service providers is due to hit the streets.
Ofcom had planned to publish a final decision on Equinox 2, following a consultation process, by the end of March. But it has now announced that it received a number of detailed responses, some of which “raise issues which require further assessment.” Further, Ofcom hinted that it was prepared to use its powers under the Communications Act 2003 to block the launch, unless Openreach voluntarily deferred it.
The company also said that if Ofcom's initial assessment is confirmed, it will ensure that customers benefit from Equinox 2 pricing backdated to April 1. One altnet provider, CityFibre, went as far to take Ofcom to the Competition Appeal Tribunal over its decision to allow the original Equinox scheme, but itsOpenreach’s position has perhaps not been helped by an article in the Financial Times in February, in which BT Group CEO Philip Jansen was quoted as saying that his company’s broadband network is an “unstoppable machine” and that the situation would “end in tears” for many rival networks.
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