do we need an adjudicator for LLU?

bealtine

In the UK "due to operational difficulties" they have decided to appoint an independent person (adjudicator) to review LLU "issues".


Here are the terms of reference:

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/ind_groups/ind_groups/telecommunications/telecoms_adj_sch/annex5?a=87101

Here is the article from The Register:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/06/ofcom_unbundling_promotes/


Do we need something like this here?

Mr_Man

a decent regulator !

M.

viking

Look at the targets he's setting:

http://www.theregister.com/2004/11/25/llu_watchdog/

...there are currently around 24,000 unbundled lines in the UK with numbers swelling by around a thousand lines a week. Based on forecasts for the number of lines operators are looking to unbundle against the capability for BT to deliver those lines, the LLU regulator has outlined a number of key targets. By January 2005, for example, he wants BT to have the capability to unbundle 50,000 lines. By June, that figure rises to 250,000; a year later and BT should be able to deliver one million unbundled lines.

Here are some of the methods he has called for:

Article

BT GROUP should pay its staff commission to speed up the number of telephone lines it hands over to rivals that want to offer alternative telecoms services, industry regulators say... A spokesman for BT also refused to reveal details of meetings with Mr Black, but said: "As in any organisation people are set targets and obligations and measured against them. We try to strike a balance between steady remuneration and performance-based pay."

Ofcom also makes noises about splitting up BT if they don't behave:

Article

But Stephen Carter [Head of Ofcom] and his colleagues need to make it clear to BT that they want speedy action, and that any complaints from rival telecoms operators complaining about a lack of enthusiasm [for LLU] to help from BT will be looked upon sternly. Given the lack of love that some operators now have for the telecoms giant, BT will have to work hard if those complaints are to be avoided.

Time to see a new vacancy on ComReg's careers page.

Viking

Slutmonkey57b

Kindly stop depressing us with tales of a regulator that gives out to the monopoly player. It's almost as bad as hearing what Swedes get for €50. And I don't mean a bit of "the other".