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

BoR (11) 06b
information on roll-out of new infrastructures or technologies per geographical area. A
reasonable window of announcement is necessary to create a level playing field on the
retail market”.
- Explain if such provisions are applied and what they look like.
The actual plan of new ODFs and street cabinets has to be published and kept updated on
the SMP operator's website.
NGA network development plans have to be published on the SMP operator's website 6
months before starting deployment (to ensure time for the alternative operators to require
multiple fibre deployment).
- Elaborate on your practical experiences with such provisions (e.g. have there been any
practical problems with enforcing such provisions?).
We don't have practical experiences with such provisions yet.
� Are there any provisions dealing with stranded assets? Investments by alternative
operators get sunk if the closure of MDFs implies that pay-back periods are shorter than
initially expected. Are there any measures in place to solve the problem of stranded assets
and what do they look like (e.g. compensation schemes 5 )?
The SMP operators are obliged to announce 5 years in advance the decommissioning of
MDFs so as to protect the investments of the alternative operators.
� Are there any provisions relating to the costs of migration? E.g., how are the costs of
migration split between the SMP operator and the competitors?
There are no specific provisions.
5 Transparency regarding civil engineering infrastructure
� Art. 17 of the Draft NGA Recommendation foresees the establishment of a database
containing information on (e.g.) geographical location, available capacity of all ducts 6 . In
case such a database exists already in your country, explain:
Currently there is no such obligation in place.
5 See BoR (10) 08, Ch. E.2.
6 Note: In its Opinion to this Draft Recommendation BEREC suggested to replace “all ducts” with
“civil engineering infrastructure”.
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