local loop unbundling
BT to expand 2010 fibre rollout
News BT Retail and its local loop unbundling division, Openreach, reported operating profits of £324m and £296m respectively. BT is planning to double the pace of its forthcoming next... [15 May 2009]
BT slammed over unbundling price hike
News According to a statement from TalkTalk on Monday, BT raising its line charges for local loop unbundling (LLU) will "raise the barrier [to broadband access] for lower income households".... [10 Mar 2009]
Cheap broadband will stop BT going fibre charge crazy
News It will probably help some of the niche ISPs that don't have capital to invest in LLU [local loop unbundling] and will therefore benefit from wholesale because it gives them more of an... [03 Mar 2009]
When is free broadband not free broadband?
News The advert prompted complaints from 10 members of the public that the free service was only available in certain areas of the country, where Carphone Warehouse has undertaken local loop... [25 Sep 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News Some analysts have argued that BT's announcement was bad news for those providers who had invested large amounts in local-loop unbundling (LLU) - the process by which providers can get... [17 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.06.08
Round-Up Thanks in part to the slow unbundling of the local loop, It's nice to think that BT profits are actually at the mercy of local councils, isn't it? BT is writing to... [06 Jun 2008]
Broadband pace lagging in the countryside
News The advice website says broadband headline speeds in excess of 8Mbps are therefore less likely to be available in rural areas, adding that almost all telephone exchanges in areas such as London have a wide variety of LLU... [04 Jun 2008]
O2 woos SMEs with broadband deal
News Fairman said it currently has 57 per cent population coverage for its LLU (local loop unbundling) product - and is aiming to ramp that up to 68 per cent by the end of August. Mobile... [01 May 2008]
Fibre - coming to a home near you
News U is for Unbundling He called fibre in the local loop and FTTH "future-proof" technologies to meet this demand. Broadband was delivered via fibre optic networks to more than 2.5 million... [10 Jul 2007]
Broadband narrows UK digital divide
News Two-thirds of the UK's households were able to get broadband and phone services through local loop unbundling (LLU) by the end of 2006 - compared with only two-fifths of homes able to... [24 May 2007]
Leader: Why are we so unhappy with fat pipes?
Leader In the recent broadband feeding frenzy, ISPs have been spending their cash piles on local loop unbundling, customer acquisition, consolidation - how much left is left in the bank to... [28 Feb 2007]
Be extends next-gen fat pipes to third of Blighty
News Be is aiming to install its equipment in a further 300 exchanges - via a process known as local-loop unbundling - by the end of this summer. Be, the next-generation broadband network... [16 Feb 2007]
Fat pipe switching: Easy does it
News MAC codes apply only to DSL providers that have not installed their own broadband equipment in BT's local exchanges - a process known as local loop unbundling. Broadband... [14 Feb 2007]
Unbundled lines set to number 1.5 million
News Local loop unbundling (LLU) is a process whereby telecoms operators other than BT provide voice and data services to homes and businesses using BT's infrastructure. The... [05 Feb 2007]
BT lines up 10 million broadband customers
News Although BT-supplied DSL (whether through BT Retail, BT Wholesale or by local loop unbundling) accounts for only about 80 per cent of total broadband lines, 89 per cent of new customers... [02 Jan 2007]
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