We could ask why it has taken so long, especially in light of the United Kingdom's March 1991 announcement in which
local loop competition was formally granted.
In the event of total
local loop unbundling (unbundling access to the copper pair for the provision of advanced services by third parties), the
local loop is leased to a third party for the latter's exclusive use.
The
local loop's exchanges are not included in the offer and BT would retain its existing relationship with its customers.
Theis means that either separate lines must be used for digital and analog signals, or that voice signals must be digitized before entering the
local loop. The first solution is less than optimal because, once trunking applications are all digitized, the voice signals would have to be digitized at some point anyway before they enter a trunk.
Oftel said it intended to cut BT's charges for access to the
local loop - the copper wires linking the exchanges to buildings - for rival companies planning to provide only high-speed Internet services without voice calls.
Community law was brought in two years later, with Regulation 2887/2000 on unbundled access of the
local loop. The
local loop is normally copper wires between customers' premises and the operator.
The UK`s telecomms regulator Oftel has introduced new measures to improve access to British Telecommunication Plc's (BT's) exchanges for the purpose of unbundling
local loops.
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Local loop unbundling will provide further competition.
ISLAMABAD, April 19, 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- The PTCL Executive Vice President Business Zone North Islamabad (BZNI) has given Wireless
Local Loop handsets to Rawalpindi Telecom Region field staff for increasing their efficiency in the field.
ECTA argues that
local loop unbundling (mandatory since the beginning of 2001) remains highly unsatisfactory in all the Member State, with the possible exception of Denmark.
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