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RSS llu in newsLLU reaches half million landmark
News BT also recently cut the prices of migrating customers from its wholesale broadband offering to LLU products. Despite the increasing pace of unbundling, LLU regulator the Office of the Telecoms Adjudicator (OTA) still has reservations about BT's... [16 Jun 2006]
LLU untangles 735,000 lines
News Local loop unbundling (LLU) is the process whereby competitors to BT are able to install their own equipment in BT's exchanges. Blaming the August "holidays effect" in part, Black said on Monday "you couldn't fault the commitment of Openreach's... [05 Sep 2006]
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]
BT hacks LLU prices - Ofcom looks on grinning
News BT announced today that it is slashing its LLU (local-loop unbundling) charges by around 35 per cent and will push this to 70 per cent soon. It said, "Cutting LLU costs will trigger a real broadband revolution in the UK by allowing ISPs to offer... [13 May 2004]
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. BT's Openreach division, which provides installation and maintenance services on behalf of other telcos, is... [10 Nov 2006]
BT picks up the LLU pace
News The process of bringing greater competition to the UK's telecoms sector is picking up pace, according to Peter Black, the UK's telecommunications adjudicator. Black, who oversees the unbundling of BT's local exchanges, reported on Friday that... [06 Feb 2006]
Virgin Media picks C&W as LLU best mate
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]
DSL players luke warm over latest unbundling plans
News Oftel has just published the latest instalment of the LLU guidelines, which lay out the rules for allocating space for DSL equipment in exchanges. To date, all but nine companies have formally withdrawn from the LLU process, and none of them have... [05 Mar 2001]
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 connect by LLU at the end of 2005. [24 May 2007]
Energis pulls out of local loop unbundling
News Energis has withdrawn from the local loop unbundling (LLU) process and called on BT to provide its DSL at cost. LLU was meant to bring increased competition into the broadband market by allowing BT's competitors to put their equipment into BT's... [05 Oct 2001]
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]
Intel still hoping for local loop unbundling
News Intel still believes local loop unbundling (LLU) is essential for consumer broadband, despite a recognition among most of the industry that it can never be made to pay. Intel is continuing to support LLU through a range of measures, Graylish told... [28 May 2002]
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]
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 at the height of the... [21 Sep 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 BT Wholesale. [28 May 2004]
