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News Virgin Media - formerly known as NTL:Telewest and Virgin Mobile - has signed Cable & Wireless to supply its unbundled network. The four year deal will mean Virgin Media will be able to supply customers outside of its cable network with its quad... [18 May 2007]
Unbundled lines set to number 1.5 million
News The UK's broadband industry will hit a key target by the end of this week, when 1.5 million lines will have been unbundled. Black noted that the success rate is climbing - particularly with "shared unbundling" - but remained below par for fully... [05 Feb 2007]
One million lines: BT hits LLU milestone
News One million lines have been unbundled from BT's telephone exchanges, the telco said, as part of its local loop unbundling (LLU) programme. Telecoms adjudicator Peter Black praised Openreach for achieving the one million mark but added that there... [10 Nov 2006]
BT struggling to keep pace with fat pipe demand
News The shift to a 24-hour working schedule within BT Openreach - an offshoot of BT - comes after an announcement that Openreach has seen a 420 per cent increase in the number of unbundled lines since January 2006. [08 Nov 2006]
BT to recruit unbundling army
News A BT spokesperson said: "[This recruitment drive] is part of the same overall programme to allocate additional resources to allow Openreach to keep up with the huge demand we're seeing in broadband," while pointing out that the UK will soon have a... [06 Nov 2006]
LLU untangles 735,000 lines
News The number of unbundled telephone lines in the UK is nearing three-quarters of a million but the process is still experiencing problems, according to its overseer - telecoms adjudicator Peter Black. In his latest monthly update, Black put the... [05 Sep 2006]
LLU reaches half million landmark
News There are now half a million unbundled phone lines in the UK, according to BT's broadband access unit, Openreach. Currently around 20 providers offer unbundled services from more than 1,000 exchanges. [16 Jun 2006]
Update: Bulldog ditches home broadband market
News C&W said it still hopes to reach its target of 800 unbundled telephone exchanges by September 2006, compared to 411 today. Currently operating as a retail ISP, Bulldog now has, on average, less than 300 customers per unbundled exchange, and... [08 Jun 2006]
BT picks up the LLU pace
News In some weeks, up to 15,000 lines were unbundled - a massive increase on previous months. Based on current growth, and the rollout plans of these operators, Black estimates that between two and three million lines will have been unbundled by the... [06 Feb 2006]
AOL spending £50m to battle BT
News The Office of the Telecoms Adjudicator, set up to oversee LLU, predicted in its January monthly update that there will be more than one million unbundled lines this year. Earlier this month, BT officially took the wraps off Openreach, its business... [20 Jan 2006]
Broadband Britain is champ of Europe
News According to Point Topic, there are more than 2.5 million unbundled lines in France but only 122,000 in the UK - despite Ofcom forcing BT to make LLU more competitive. Point Topic also warned the UK was lagging behind other countries in local-loop... [03 Jan 2006]
BSkyB confirms £211m offer for Easynet
News To date, Easynet has unbundled 232 local exchanges and was also the first major company to take on BT in providing wholesale broadband with its LLUStream product. According to figures from BSkyB, Easynet has also unbundled 18 per cent - or 4.5... [21 Oct 2005]
Wanadoo and PlusNet go for high-speed LLU broadband
News While a growing number of ISPs are unveiling their LLU offerings, BT has been getting a telling off from the telecoms watchdog over delays and operational issues pertaining to its own efforts to unbundled local loops. [17 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 tied up by unbundling system bugs
News This also suffered hitches - back in February, Black reported that only 50 to 60 per cent of newly unbundled lines were being delivered 'right first time'. These problems occurred in new systems that should automate local-loop unbundling (LLU... [09 Aug 2005]
