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Local Loop Unbundling 'farcical' Say MPs
News The damning criticism comes from the Trade and Industry select committee set up last December to investigate local loop unbundling, the process by which other operators install equipment in BT's exchanges in order to roll out high-speed Internet...
[March 21, 2001, 13:34]
Local Loop - Oftel Disappoints
News Telecoms watchdog Oftel will hold a press conference at 11am this morning to explain its decision not to have British Telecom unbundle the local loop before the July 2001 deadline set following an earlier consultation.
[November 30, 1999, 9:06]
Local Loop Bid Set To Resurface
News BT will be presented with a firm offer for the local loop part of its fixed network by November, according to reports on Monday. The group, which is backed by several US financial institutions, believes that BT would welcome the chance to escape...
[September 24, 2001, 15:18]
Local Loop Unbundling Still Stumbling Along
News BT has failed to meet its previous commitments on local loop unbundling, but is blaming lack of interest from rival operators Allowing other operators access to the "local loop" -- the part of the network between individual houses and the local...
[July 27, 2001, 14:31]
Revenue Management And Service Delivery For Fixed Wireless Local Loop
White Papers This white paper addresses the challenges that operators are facing in the areas of revenue management and service delivery as they provide new high-speed access services for residential, and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers who...
[August 14, 2003, 16:19]
Wireless Local Loop Based On GSM Technology: Applications, Payphones, And Fixed Cellular Terminals
White Papers Wireless Local Loop (WLL) based on GSM technology allows operators to capitalize on economies of scale offered by a worldwide-adopted wireless standard and an already-deployed infrastructure. GSM WLL offers a wide range of applications that are...
[November 29, 2006, 7:15]
CDMA2000 For Wireless In Local Loop Networks
White Papers This white paper is intended to provide a high-level analysis of how CDMA2000 mobile technology and its features can be leveraged successfully in the wireless local loop environment. Although an operator's choice of a WLL technology may often...
[March 28, 2005, 3:00]
A Survey Of Wireless Local Loop Technologies
White Papers This paper will explain Wireless Local Loop systems, review the various technologies for WLL (such as CDMA, TACS, GSM, PACS, DECT, etc.and provide applications for the technology in energy-related industries.
[March 2, 2004, 11:20]
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]
BT In The Clear Over Local Loop Unbundling
News The European Commission signalled last week that it is happy with the progress of local-loop unbundling in Britain, as it announced it was taking action against three other member states. The decision follows ongoing monitoring of local-loop...
[December 24, 2001, 12:50]
Easynet Upbeat On Local-loop Unbundling
News Reports of the death of local-loop unbundling are greatly exaggerated, according to broadband provider easynet. Local-loop unbundling allows telecoms firms to install their own equipment in or near a BT local exchanges and provide wholesale...
[July 5, 2002, 16:07]
Passive Optical Networks Bring Broadband To The Local Loop
White Papers Passive optical network (PON) technology will become the optical feeder of choice for DSL over copper, cable modems and broadband wireless because it offers the lowest cost, point-to-multi-point transport solution for the local loop.
[October 6, 2003, 1:47]
AOL Questions Oftel's Local Loop Pricings
News Local loop unbundling, where other operators install equipment in BT's local telephone exchanges has attracted much argument but is widely acknowledged as crucial for a cheaper and more competitive telecoms market.
[November 9, 2000, 6:17]
Select Committee Told That BT Must Lose Local Loop
News This can only be avoided, Wallace claimed, if BT is forced to split its phone lines and local exchanges, known as the local loop, into a separate organisation. Wallace blamed BT for the failure of local-loop unbundling, a process that was intended...
[February 6, 2002, 14:08]
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]
BT Faces Fines Over Local Loop Unbundling
News Telecoms regulator Oftel has decided that it is unacceptable for BT to further delay access to the local loop -- the part of its network that links individual homes and offices with a local exchange. Once the operator has installed its equipment...
[August 23, 2001, 9:28]
EC Cracks Down On Local-loop Unbundling
News The European Commission has opened infringement proceedings against Ireland, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Portugal after accusing the countries of failing to properly implement EU regulations on local-loop unbundling.
[March 21, 2002, 14:31]
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. The rules, laid out in Oftel's "service level agreement" dictate...
[November 15, 2001, 12:47]
Oftel May Back Local Loop Bid
News Industry watchdog Oftel has said that it could support Earthlease's attempts to buy BT's local loop, if it was in the best interests of the consumer. It seems, though, that if BT decides to accept the £8bn offer for its local loop -- the part of...
[August 2, 2001, 17:22]
Ofcom Pours Cold Water On Fibre In The Local Loop
News Businesses in rural areas received a broadband snub from Ofcom this week as the telecoms regulator poured cold water on the prospect of fibre being deployed in the local loop. BT has trialled fibre in the local loop, and this week said it would...
[February 9, 2007, 12:28]
