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

BoR (11) 06b
� Specify for Market 4 which of the remedies according to Art. 9-13 AD are in place with
regard to FttH/B and FttN.
All remedies except accounting separation are in place with regard to sub-loop unbundling
(FTTN/C).
With regard to FTTH/B no remedies are imposed. The reason for this is that the roll-out of
FTTH/B is primarily carried out by alternative operators (power utility companies), and
none of them were designated with SMP in the last decision for market 4 (April 2009).
� Art. 22f Draft NGA Rec. foresees to mandate unbundled access to the fibre loop
irrespective of the network architecture and topology implemented by the SMP operator.
Are there any exceptions applying to SMP providers (e.g., in certain geographic areas)
from such an obligation? If so, specify these exceptions and elaborate on the reasoning for
not imposing unbundled access to the fibre loop.
� Specify the conditions of the reference offer for unbundled access to the fibre loop, in
particular those conditions that go beyond the minimum list of conditions as set out in
Annex II FD (→ Art. 24 Draft NGA Rec).
� 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.).
3.5 Enhanced Bitstream 1
a) Wholesale access to VDSL2-bitstream services is mandated when the incumbent itself
starts offering VDSL2 to end users. The incumbent has announced that it will start
offering wholesale VDSL2 from December 1, 2010. Three different access products are
announced.
b) Wholesale VDSL2-bitstream services will similar to the existing wholesale ADSLbitstream
services, but available only from Ethernet DSLAMs and not ATM-DSLAMs.
c) Included in market 5.
d) Access obligation, reference offer, transparency, non-discrimination, accounting
separation
1 See ERG (09) 17, Ch. D.1, in particular p. 12.
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