In the Waiver of BTs price notification requirement for wholesale residential and business analogue exchange line services connection charges consultation, we stated that Significant Market Power services condition AA6(a) Requirement to notify charges (condition AA6(a)) was imposed on BT (hereafter we refer to Openreach which runs BT Groups local access network) following Ofcom's 2003 market review statement Review of the fixed narrowband wholesale exchange line, call origination, conveyance and transit markets (the 2003 Market Review ).
Condition AA6(a).2(a) required Openreach to give not less than 90 days notice before changing charges for wholesale line rental (WLR) services, including the charge for new line connections.
On 3 August 2009, Openreach requested that Ofcom consent to a waiver of the notification period under condition AA6(a) to enable it to give effect to a permanent price change earlier than 90 days, as set out in Access Charge Change Notice OR139 (the ACCN), also issued on 3 August 2009.