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France Telecom to swallow up Cable & Wireless?
News Bulldog was itself taken over by Cable & Wireless in May 2004, after being one of the few companies to install its own equipment in BT's local exchanges — a process known as local loop unbundling (LLU). [20 Jun 2005]
Broadband rollout hit as unbundling misses targets
News One question whether it is "in BT's interest to be super-efficient at the wholesale level when its retail arm isn't super-efficient", suggesting that BT was keen to avoid the level playing field that LLU... [10 Feb 2005]
Broadband to get cheaper?
News The communications regulator announced on Thursday that it was forcing BT to substantially cut its local-loop unbundling (LLU) prices in an attempt to increase "effective and sustainable" broadband competition. [20 Dec 2004]
Easynet takes on BT in wholesale broadband
News Easynet was a pioneer of LLU (local loop unbundling) and currently has connections in 240 local exchanges, giving it access to 4.4 million homes and 700,000 businesses. Easynet has launched the first challenge to BT in... [13 Dec 2004]
NTL gets into BT exchanges
News Telecoms and cable television provider NTL will spend £65m on placing its equipment in BT telephone exchanges - a process known as local loop unbundling (LLU). As the rollout of broadband internet access became an issue... [21 Sep 2004]
C&W challenges BT with faster broadband
News Bulldog was one of the few operators to take on BT head-to-head through local-loop unbundling (LLU). LLU had been a flop in the UK, with just a few thousand lines being unbundled, and the failure pushed... [20 Sep 2004]
Ofcom hires fat-pipe czar for UK's next-gen broadband push
News LLU has been a big disappointment in the UK so far, with just Easynet and Bulldog attempting to compete with BT Wholesale by installing their own broadband equipment in BT's local telephone exchanges. [06 Jul 2004]
C&W buys Bulldog to snap at BT
News This acquisition will give the telco a foothold in the UK local-loop unbundling (LLU) market, letting it create and sell businesses broadband packages that are different and potentially more innovative than those sold by... [28 May 2004]
Leader: UK broadband - alive and kicking
Leader LLU. That ISP has not only changed its name from Freeserve but lamented the failure that has been LLU in the UK. While still relying on BT's wholesale offerings, it has pre-announced a... [27 Apr 2004]
Bulldog pursues BT in unbundled broadband market
News LLU allows operators to install their own kit in or near a local telephone exchange and sell telecoms products both to ISPs and directly to consumers - thus competing with BT at the wholesale level.... [20 Jan 2003]
UK to escape EC telecoms wrath
News The UK, though, is likely to face criticism for the failure of local-loop unbundling (LLU) to make an impact on BT's dominance of Britain's wholesale ADSL market. The EU forced all member states to... [06 Dec 2002]
Brave entrepreneur joins the local loop unbundlers
News Matthews, the former CEO of Scottish Telecom, has arranged funding for a plan to enter the business that almost everyone else has left - supplying rival DSL services to BT through the local loop unbundling process (LLU). [16 Apr 2002]
BT's broadband price cuts are "anti-competitive"
News We have already got a well scrutinized structure for LLU. Now that BT has cut wholesale broadband prices to below £14.75 from 1 April, it will become increasingly difficult to compete with BT... [28 Mar 2002]
BT broadband cuts put Bulldog on the verge
News Bulldog is demanding that telecoms regulator Oftel reduce the price of local loop unbundling (LLU) for operators or risk driving competition out of the UK DSL market. Bulldog chairman and CEO Richard Greco told to... [27 Feb 2002]
How many unbundled lines are there in Europe?
News Operators who take advantage of local loop unbundling (LLU) could offer any telecoms service they like, but it's broadband internet access which has attracted the most attention - and has so far been the biggest failure. [11 Feb 2002]