BoR (11) 06b BEREC report NGA Country Cases - IRG

BoR (11) 06b
In the remedies decision of 2007 the access to fibre loop was not regulated. The current
reference offer does not include this infrastructure. A reference offer will only be provided
in case of general demand for unbundled FTTH access.
� What is the basis of the prices charged for access to the unbundled fibre loop (e.g., costorientation)?
Is a premium incorporated reflecting any additional and quantifiable
investment risk? If so, how you took account of the various factors of uncertainty on the
one hand and the criteria mitigating the risk of NGA investment for the SMP operator on
the other hand (→ Art. 25 and Annex I Draft NGA Rec.).
In the new remedies decision pricing for fibre loops is based on a ex-post rate regulation.
Due to the exchangeability with copper-line based products which will continue to be exante
regulated, margin-squeeze tests are deemed sufficient to ensure cost-efficient
prices.
3.5 Enhanced Bitstream 1
a) Telekom Deutschland GmbH offers VDSL on a voluntary basis since 2009. Since 2010 a
new remedies decision for bitstream is mandated including VDSL and FTTH/B
infrastructure. Bitstream basing on FTTH/B-infrastructure is not yet available in the
market, since the incumbents roll-out is in an early stage.
b) On the basis of the Review of the Remedies Decision for Market 5, which came into force
on September 17 2010, there are now the following product definitions:
� Layer-2-Bitstream-access (available at different access points of network hierarchy):
o ATM-Bitstream-access: includes all x- DSL-access-infrastructure, the transport
of the data traffic (from the DSL-access to the ATM-concentrator network);
o Ethernet-Bitstream-access: includes all xDSL-access-infrastructure and fibreaccess
infrastructure, the transport of the data traffic (from access-lines (xDSL or
fibre) to the Ethernet-concentrator network).
� Layer-3-Bitstream-access (available at national or regional delivery points):
o IP-Bitstream-Access: data traffic (from the xDSL-access, fibre-lines, TV-cablelines)
at different access points of network hierarchy (concentration-network
and/or IP-backbone).
c) In Market 12 (now Market 5).
1 See ERG (09) 17, Ch. D.1, in particular p. 12.
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