Review of the fixed narrowband services wholesale markets - Ofcom

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Cymraeg

Phones and broadband Telecoms infrastructure Consultations and statements

Published: 19 March 2009

Consultation closes: 4 June 2009

Status: Closed (pending statement)

In this review we assess the state of competition in the wholesale fixed narrowband services markets.

Where competition is not effective we assess how best we should regulate the behaviour of any company we find to have Significant Market Power (SMP), which is the power to influence markets in a way that could be detrimental to consumers.

The wholesale fixed narrowband services are the markets that provide wholesale products for access (exchange lines) and calls on fixed networks. These wholesale products are used by retailers to provide products to citizens and consumers.

We explain our proposals and the analysis behind them in this consultation and invite comment on them.

Main documents

Consultation: Review of the fixed narrowband services wholesale markets • PDF • 917.98 KB • 4 October 2023

Responses

o2.pdf • PDF • 128.46 KB • 4 October 2023

BT.pdf • PDF • 675.29 KB • 4 October 2023

KCOM.pdf • PDF • 96.15 KB • 4 October 2023

sse.pdf • PDF • 77.05 KB • 4 October 2023

T_Mobile.pdf • PDF • 185.48 KB • 4 October 2023

zen_internet.pdf • PDF • 66.56 KB • 4 October 2023

Federation_of_Communication1.pdf • PDF • 99.92 KB • 8 November 2023

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