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Liikanen mulls lawsuit over local loops

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    Boston
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    i think we will have llu before any of this really happens


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    b20uvkft6m5xwg
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    "Regulators need to ensure that incumbents offer a full unbundling and shared line offer, in line with the local loop unbundling regulation -- it will then be for the market to respond," he said. For this to happen, Liikanen added, regulators need to provide hands-on monitoring and set binding deadlines with credible penalties. "Regulators also need to act to ensure that wholesale DSL is offered to entrants on non-discriminatory terms."


    Well that would be nice....
    But dont we need a regulator with requisite powers !!?? Well Duh!!

    Thats why the Communications Bill is so important (if and when it ever is enacted!)


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    SkepticOne
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    More in TheReg here
    Erkki Liikanen, the commissioner for enterprise and technology, and competition commissioner, Mario Monti, said that they would start the process of legal action on December 20 - almost a year after LLU among member states became mandatory. The report didn't say which countries would face action.

    However, no lines have been unbundled in Ireland or Luxembourg and shared access (which allows different operators to supply data and voice services over the same copper wire) is only operational in Belgium, Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Trials are currently under way in France. [emphasis mine]
    Note: this shared access or "line sharing" is important for OLOs that simply want to offer just DSL type services and allow the ILEC to continue to offer traditional voice services. It is disapointing that this is not progressing faster in Europe. I wonder if it is the ILECs that are imposing an "all or nothing" approach onto the OLOs.


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    SkepticOne
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    The Register article above mentions a report by the EU: "7th Report on the Implementation of the Telecommunications Regulatory Package".

    The main report [PDF] contains a good overview of the compliance situation in the EU as a whole and an annex [PDF] gives a good overview of Ireland (page 74 of the acrobat file) in particular.

    Note: the page numbers in the annex continue on from the numbering scheme of the main report and do not correspond to those of the PDF file.


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