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RSS lluThus snaps up two rivals in £70m spree
News According to Ian Fogg, analyst at JupiterResearch, local loop unbundling (LLU) is often too expensive for smaller players to afford, leaving them struggling to differentiate themselves in a highly competitive market. [01 Feb 2006]
AOL spending £50m to battle BT
News AOL is investing millions in local loop unbundling (LLU), a move designed to help it compete in a higher speed, service-orientated broadband market. AOL has announced it will be spending £50m on the first phase of its LLU programme, which will... [20 Jan 2006]
Broadband Britain is champ of Europe
News Point Topic also warned the UK was lagging behind other countries in local-loop unbundling (LLU) - the process where rival telcos install their own equipment in BT's local exchanges and offer competing wholesale services. [03 Jan 2006]
Bulldog does pay-as-you-go broadband
News Just today BT announced it's cutting its Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) prices by 40 per cent, as part of its strategy to stimulate competition and avoid Ofcom intervention. Bulldog has taken inspiration from the dark days of dial up with its latest... [16 Nov 2005]
Leader: Murdoch as Mr Broadband?
Leader It has always served the business world well and was among the earliest competitors to BT to make local loop unbundling (LLU) work - back when most others were complaining about the conditions for LLU, in fact. [21 Oct 2005]
Zen Internet joins local loop unbundlers
News Business ISP Zen Internet has announced its own local loop unbundling (LLU) trial, with the Rochdale exchange the first to be set free. However, according to Zen, the decision to invest in LLU is driven more by a need to control the hardware at... [21 Oct 2005]
BSkyB confirms £211m offer for Easynet
News The Murdoch-owned satellite provider said it had decided to acquire Easynet, which made £8.9m in EBITDA last year, because of its significant broadband presence in the UK as well as its efforts in local loop unbundling (LLU). [21 Oct 2005]
Pipex snaps up Freedom2Surf for £10m
News The acquisition is likely to be a boon to Pipex in the local loop unbundling (LLU) arena. Mike Read, CEO of Pipex, said the geographical distribution of the newly added Freedom2Surf customers will make any further investment in LLU more financially... [19 Oct 2005]
Wanadoo and PlusNet go for high-speed LLU broadband
News Wanadoo has announced the fruits of its experiments with local loop unbundling (LLU), including a new speed boost to rival BT's mooted increase. Wanadoo revealed today that from next month, its customers in LLU areas will be able to access... [17 Oct 2005]
Has Sky got its eye on the broadband arena?
News As well as buying an existing broadband ISP, Sky is rumoured to be considering spending up to £200m to install its own broadband equipment in BT's local exchanges - a process known as local-loop unbundling (LLU). [14 Oct 2005]
Wanadoo to spend €1bn on local loop unbundling
News Wanadoo, which is currently in the middle of a local loop unbundling (LLU) trial in the Leeds area, is hoping to have between 50 and 65 per cent of its 2.2 million UK customers using unbundled loops within the next two to three years. [08 Sep 2005]
BT business broadband: Just how scant is take-up?
News At this moment in time the market continues to evolve faster connectivity with Max DSL, ADSL 2+, LLU and WiMax, which all lend themselves to increasing download and upload speeds at far more attractive pricing for both residential and business... [24 Aug 2005]
BT tied up by unbundling system bugs
News These problems occurred in new systems that should automate local-loop unbundling (LLU) - the process where a rival telecoms operator can take control of BT telephone lines and offer its own services to businesses and consumers. [09 Aug 2005]
Onetel and Easynet team up for next gen fat pipes
News Easynet is one of the few operators to use local-loop unbundling (LLU) to install its equipment in BT's local exchanges and offer its own wholesale broadband services. Ian El-Mokadem, managing director of Onetel, said in a statement: "The... [01 Aug 2005]
Blame BT for service problems, says Bulldog
News Speaking at C&W's annual general meeting on Friday, chairman Richard Lapthorne said BT had been struggling to hand over control of telephone lines to Bulldog - through a process known as local-loop unbundling (LLU). [26 Jul 2005]
