Here's what happens when your regulator makes an effort

jwt

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The UK is slowly clawing its way up the league table of European broadband nations after recently overtaking Germany, according to stats from regulator Ofcom.

Ofcom link

Key facts

Telecoms
• UK broadband subscribers pass 5m; penetration now ahead of Germany
• Fixed lines with CPS pass 4m; BT’s share of fixed voice calls falls to 55%
• Fixed voice and access falls to 30% of total end-user telecoms spending
• 84% fixed line and 87% mobile customers satisfied with level of service
• Business users spend £1bn on fixed data services and £100m on mobile
data services every quarter.

And just to rub salt into the wound



Ofcom provokes unbundling battle

The unbundling wars started in earnest in the UK this week, after months of pressure from regulator Ofcom to encourage companies to invest in unbundling the local loop.

One of its key focuses has been to stimulate competition in broadband and promote its use. If other regulatory bodies such as the FCC were allowed the same kind of power in the US, then incumbent Telcos the world over would have to accommodate far more competition than they do presently.

The end result has been a drop of 70 per cent (in two steps) to the price of broadband access to the last mile from BT to the unbundlers, which is now in line with the pricing for other European countries.

John

Paddy20

Nice one, this is now the media education/ information forum.