ComReg welcomes reductions in eircom co-location charges

damien

ComReg Press Release. Not on website yet.

ComReg has today welcomed reductions in charges paid by telecoms operators for the use of eircom’s phone exchanges to provide broadband services. These charges, known as co-location charges, are charged by eircom to operators who install their equipment in eircom exchanges in order to provide broadband through local loop unbundling.

These competing operators can provide broadband services to customers, independently of eircom, by connecting their own equipment to eircom’s phone lines through a process known as local loop unbundling. As part of an ongoing process initiated by ComReg, to facilitate the roll-out of competitive broadband services, ComReg has recently undertaken a review of eircom’s prices for co-location associated with Local Loop Unbundling.

Eircom has today published a revised pricing schedule for this co-location. Prices have been reduced by approximately 17%. ComReg believes that these new prices, coupled with other recent initiatives in relation to LLU, will help to further stimulate competition in the broadband market.

damien

eircom prices here: http://www.eircomwholesale.ie/dynamic/pdf/aroplv2.4.pdf

Sponge Bob

I remember comreg announcing a 50% cut to LLU charges or some similar headline figure about aug or sept last year . The 'price cut' was to only 1 or 2 out of a total of about 50 separate charges IIRC. I wont even bother reading it this time.

SparkyLarks

Whoops didn't see that.

Can I delete that other thread??
Will deleating the first post remove the entire thread??

anyway
questin still remains

Was this in the pipline for a while or is it as a result og Martin Cullen's comments at the IMI conference.

quite strong I believer
FRom the Irish Examiner

"The Irish Examiner also reports that Transport and Communications Minister Martin Cullen publicly rebuked Dr Phil Nolan of eircom at the IMI conference in Druids Glen, Co Wicklow, yesterday.

The eircom chief executive claimed the privatised group has delivered broadband to the nation, a claim with which Mr Cullen sharply disagreed.

When Dr Nolan made the claim Mr Cullen interjected and said the company only got up off of its “arsehole” when the Government, through ComReg, created more competition for eircom in the market."

damien

Wow, at least Mr Cullen was blunt about it, though he made a lot of controversial statements yesterday. These charges are always in a state of review. A statement from a minister at a free lunch is not enough to make eircom drop prices.

dahamsta

If anyone can recognise an arsehole it's Cullen. He sees one in the mirror every morning.

adam

cgarvey

Ah now, Adam!!

Anywho, continue this on the first thread on the matter that Damine points to.

.cg