26th Sep 2013 12:00
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK telecoms regulator Ofcom said that it has decided that retail landline markets in the UK, with the exception of Hull, remain effectively competitive as no company has a position of significant market power.
However, in its final statement on its Fixed Narrowband Market Review, it said that BT has significant market power in wholesale call origination and fixed call termination in the UK. As a result it has imposed charge controls on BT, which means the firm is required to provide interconnected circuits. Ofcom said that KCOM had significant market power in wholesale call origination in the Hull area, and has imposed that KCOM provide interconnected circuits.
Finally, Ofcom concluded that of providers outside of BT had significant market power in terms of fixed call termination and has therefore imposed a requirement that they provide network access on reasonable request and a requirement to notify of charges. It has set out guidance that termination rates by other provides will be considered fair and reasonable when the rate is not higher than that set by BT.
By Hana Stewart-Smith; [email protected]; @HanaSSAllNews
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