On 22 September 2005 British Telecommunications plc (“BT”) offered, and Ofcom accepted, a set of undertakings pursuant to section 154 of the Enterprise Act 2002 in lieu of a reference of certain markets to the Competition Commission. In this consultation, Ofcom is seeking views from interested parties on a proposed variation to the Undertakings and one request from BT for an exemption from the Undertakings.
The variation relates to the application of Equivalence of Inputs (EOI) in de-regulated markets to IPStream and its successor products supplied by BT. The exemption relates to the requirement for Openreach to provide the input into the Wavestream National product on an EOI basis.
Ofcom is proposing to agree to the proposed variation and the exemption request. Our reasoning is explained in this document.