Ofcom considers that the bars to replicability set out in the April 2006 statement have been satisfactorily resolved and none of the other points raised by respondents have made Ofcom doubt that exchange line services could be commercially and technically replicated.
Ofcom considers that replicability, whilst being an intermediate step towards equivalence of inputs, is a different concept from equivalence as set out in the Undertakings; and in the interests of transparency, Ofcom and BT have published the latter’s Governance Process for Bespoke Pricing which Ofcom believes satisfactorily sets out the means by which BT will ensure that it meets the letter and spirit of the disapplication of the requirement to publish charges SMP services condition and the price floor as required by the Consent.