Category: Wholesale

The latest round of price changes that will come into effect from 1st April 2013 have been announced by Openreach, with reductions of up to 12.8%.

Openreach has issued notification of a price cut in its 330 Mbps / 30 Mbps FTTP product and also given some more guidance on the price of the on-demand variant.

With over half the UK having no fixed line option other than a service that their retailer or wholesaler buys from Openreach, people are becoming frustrated at increasing times for repairs and provisions.

The delays in repairs and line activations from Openreach may be at an end, they have lifted the Matter Beyond Our Reasonable Control notice.

The BT Group while announcing its latest financials is also announcing that it plans to finish its fibre roll-out earlier than previously announced.

One problem that affects many small broadband projects who offer open access is how to manage the wholesale side of things, Fluidata, Netadmin and Magdalene have an answer for that.

Openreach keeps a fairly low profile as it announces the new exchange areas where its fibre based services are appearing, adding 15 new exchanges in the last 7 weeks.

2013 is likely to be a busy year for Openreach, as it progresses its commercial roll-out and also starts working on the BDUK projects.

With the delays due to weather problems over the summer, it is good to see Openreach recruiting more engineering staff.

With Openreach pushing normal order activation dates further back, a new scheme to prioritise critical installs for business has been put in place.