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BT faces EC wrath over local-loop unbundling
News BT could face intervention from the European Commission if an inquiry into local-loop unbundling (LLU) concludes that the telco has attempted to hamper the efforts of other telecoms companies to provide ADSL services.
[September 18, 2001, 16:54]
AOL takes fight to BT with £50m
News AOL is investing millions in local-loop unbundling (LLU), a move designed to help it compete in a higher speed, service-orientated broadband market. AOL has announced it will be spending £50m on the first phase of its LLU programme, which will...
[January 20, 2006, 15:45]
PlusNet accuses broadband rivals of misleading customers
Talkback Whilst not experiencing any major outages, since PlusNet converted me to LLU and (supposedly) increased my speed to 8Mb I've had no end of problems. Like the other commenter they have not indicated any possibility of transferring me back off LLU...
[September 1, 2006, 17:07]
AOL pushes towards unbundled broadband
News AOL UK is looking to break away from its dependency on BT for its broadband services by embracing local-loop unbundling (LLU). The ISP, one of the UK's largest, has created an in-house LLU operation and is in the process of appointing a director of...
[December 8, 2004, 14:45]
Oftel confirms local loop unbundling fines
News BT could face fines running into the hundreds of thousands of pounds per day if it obstructs the process of local loop unbundling (LLU), under rules finalised by Oftel on Thursday. With at least five operators still interested in LLU, and LLU...
[November 15, 2001, 12:47]
NTL funds unbundling boost
News Telecoms and cable television provider NTL will spend £65m on placing its equipment in BT telephone exchanges -- a process known as local loop unbundling (LLU). As the rollout of broadband Internet access became an issue at the height of the...
[September 21, 2004, 15:25]
UK reaches a million unbundled lines
News Local loop unbundling (LLU) is the process whereby competitors to BT are able to install their own equipment in BT's exchanges. BT's Openreach division, which provides installation and maintenance services on behalf of other telcos, is responsible...
[November 9, 2006, 14:14]
UK hits critical broadband target
News Local loop unbundling (LLU) is a process whereby telecoms operators other than BT provide voice and data services to homes and businesses using BT's infrastructure. Steve Robertson, the chief executive of Openreach — the business unit established...
[February 5, 2007, 12:22]
Easynet sees fruits of unbundling labours
News Easynet Group announced on Wednesday that it has achieved strong take-up of its high-speed Internet products, and claimed to be leading the way in Britain's local-loop unbundling (LLU) process. David Rowe, Easynet's chief executive officer, added...
[September 4, 2002, 16:13]
Cable & Wireless surges back into broadband unbundling
News This acquisition will give Cable & Wireless a foothold in the UK local-loop unbundling (LLU) market, letting it create and sell businesses broadband packages that are different and potentially more innovative than those sold by BT Wholesale.
[May 28, 2004, 13:40]
Carphone Warehouse 'eying broadband unbundling'
News Reports on Monday claimed that Carphone Warehouse is planning to invest millions of pounds in installing its own equipment in BT's local exchanges - a process known as local-loop unbundling (LLU). A move into LLU would allow it to offer different...
[October 31, 2005, 17:05]
Tiscali unbundling promises better services
News Tiscali has taken advantage of local-loop unbundling (LLU) to install its own equipment in BT's local telephone exchanges. Easynet has already used LLU in some areas to offer much faster services than are available through BT's network.
[May 26, 2005, 17:25]
Onetel picks Easynet for faster broadband
News Easynet is one of the few operators to use local-loop unbundling (LLU) to install its equipment in BT's local exchanges and offer its own wholesale broadband services. The partnership with Easynet will allow us to deploy next-generation broadband...
[July 29, 2005, 17:45]
First exchange unbundled ahead of BT
News Easynet says it has become the first operator to install broadband intrastructure in a local exchange before BT got its own kit in first -- nearly three years after the introduction of local-loop unbundling (LLU), which was supposed to make this...
[December 8, 2003, 17:20]
Oftel to provoke wrath with unbundling decision
News A furious row is set to erupt next month when Oftel decides whether or not rival operators should have unescorted access to BT's local exchanges if they are taking part in local-loop unbundling (LLU).
[November 23, 2001, 14:07]
Broadband competition boosted by Ofcom
News The communications regulator announced on Thursday that it was forcing BT to substantially cut its local-loop unbundling (LLU) prices in an attempt to increase "effective and sustainable" broadband competition.
[December 17, 2004, 15:45]
BT system failures hamper broadband competition
News These problems occurred in new systems that should automate local-loop unbundling (LLU) - the process where a rival telecoms operator can take control of BT telephone lines and offer its own services to businesses and consumers.
[August 9, 2005, 12:35]
TalkTalk attacks BT local-loop price hikes
News According to a statement from TalkTalk on Monday, BT raising its line charges for local loop unbundling (LLU) will "raise the barrier [to broadband access] for lower income households". Last Friday, Ofcom closed its consultation into the issue of...
[March 9, 2009, 16:11]
Wanadoo unbundles local-loop plans
News Wanadoo, which is currently in the middle of a local-loop unbundling (LLU) trial in the Leeds area, is hoping to have between 50 and 65 per cent of its 2.2 million UK customers using unbundled loops within the next two to three years.
[September 8, 2005, 9:50]
Unbundling still stuck in the broadband mire
News In its latest Internet and Broadband brief, published on Thursday, Oftel has reported that a mere 4,600 telephone lines have been handed over to rival telcos through local-loop unbundling (LLU). LLU was supposed to open up Europe's telecoms markets...
[June 13, 2003, 15:56]
