![]() ![]() So we hope Ofcom will recognise the value of Openreach’s Equinox II offer to consumers and its important role in encouraging wider fibre adoption.” We strongly believe that a competitive wholesale market is essential to ensure UK consumers benefit from good value, choice and innovation. Indeed, we hope to widen our use of alternative fibre providers in the near future. “We think their proposed offer poses no threat to efficient alternative fibre providers and, importantly, doesn’t discourage retailers like Vodafone from using other wholesalers. Now the boss of Vodafone UK, which is a provider that also harnesses full fibre services from both Openreach and CityFibre, has similarly lent his support to the incumbent. Openreach’s proposal is widely desired by ISPs on their network and some, such as Zen Internet (they use both CityFibre and Openreach’s services), have already argued in favour of the discount scheme being allowed to proceed ( here). The regulator then provisionally ruled in February 2023 that Equinox 2 was “ not anti-competitive” ( here), but in March they opted to impose a two-month delay on its implementation after identifying “ issues which require further assessment“. ![]() However, more than a few rival networks viewed the move as being anti-competitive ( here), with CityFibre even lodging a Competition Act complaint with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Ofcom ( here). Lower prices could also boost take-up by consumers and thus aid the move away from copper lines. U Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, US Virgin Islands, UzbekistanĪ Afghanistan, Aland Islands, Algeria, American Samoa, American Lesser Outlying Islands, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Azerbaijanī Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bonaire, St.The CEO of mobile and broadband ISP Vodafone UK, Ahmed Essam, has joined other retail internet providers in publicly calling on Ofcom to approve Openreach’s proposed “ Equinox 2” discount scheme for their Fibre-to-the-Premises ( FTTP) based products, which is being challenged by alternative networks (AltNets).Īt the end of 2022 Openreach confirmed that it planned to introduce another round of wholesale discounts on their full fibre products from 1st April 2023 ( here), which would help ISPs on the same network to stay competitive with newer and often cheaper AltNets ( Summary of UK Full Fibre Builds). T Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks and Caicos S Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland P Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Peru, Puerto Rico N Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, North Macedonia M Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montserrat, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar L Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg ![]() ![]() K Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan I Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle Of Man, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast G Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Greece, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea A Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijanī Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bermuda, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bonaire, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina FasoĬ Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chad, China, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Congo (Brazaville), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Colombia, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech RepublicĮ Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopiaį Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia ![]()
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