Regulators enforce fair competition in the telecoms market by ensuring that the former incumbent as well as new entrants are compliant with the rule of equality of access to customers (the “last mile”). Many countries have therefore introduced Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) to stimulate growth and innovation on their telecoms market, often with great success.
Challenge:
After the successful introduction of LLU, different implementations were installed by the former incumbent and the market challengers. To be able to ensure maximum capacity, minimise interference and guarantee high bandwidth with new transmissions technologies in the future, the regulator needed to refine the LLU concept further but needed to consider existing implementations and investments.
Solution:
BT Telconsult, together with the regulator and the operators, audited the existing access network, the LLU implementations and investigated options for future transmission systems. As a result, BT Telconsult was able to develop recommendations for the introduction of a refined LLU concept which forms a solid basis for future growth in the market.
Benefit:
As a neutral, independent advisor BT Telconsult was able to mediate and balance the interests of the different parties involved. An additional benefit for the customer was the thorough understanding and hands-on experience based on BT´s own extensive experience with LLU concepts in the UK and with existing and future broadband transmission systems.
