Openreach lobbies for regulatory flexibility as fibrecos take market share, struggle with debt
Openreach’s regulatory lead is twisting Ofcom’s arm to give it pricing freedom in regions where it faces two rivals. VM O2 and CityFibre contend that a firm hand is required to protect still fragile competition. While altnets are winning market share, their lenders are nervous…
This article includes:
- Themes: Altnets; Competition; Customer acquisition; Deregulation; Equinox; Fibre competition; Fibre regulation; Fibre rollout; Fundraising; Gigabit broadband; Infrastructure expansion; Investment; Market power; Regional pricing; Regulatory flexibility; Rollout target; Significant Market Power; Wholesale pricing.
- Events: Telecoms Access review (TAR); Westminster eForum; Wholesale Fixed Telecoms Market Review (WFTMR).
- People: Alex Blowers; James Tickel; Mark Shurmer.
- Geographic: London; North East Scotland; Northern Ireland; Scotland; UK.
- Organisations: BT Group; CityFibre; Community Fibre; Fibrus; G.Network; Gigaclear; GoFibre; Hyperoptic; Lloyds; NatWest; Netomnia; nexfibre; Ofcom; Openreach; TelcoTitans; UK Investment Bank (UKIB); Virgin Media O2 (VM O2); Wildanet.
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