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

BoR (11) 06b
� 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).
N/A.
� 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.).
N/A.
3.5 Enhanced Bitstream 10
a) Available on a mandated basis for copper/DSL. Currently, there is no mandated bitstream
over fibre in Portugal.
b) Bitstream is carried at the PT‟s ATM/Ethernet transport network – with access at both
National and Regional levels, but not at the local/MDF level.
The traffic aggregation can be done both at level 3 (IP) and level 2 (ATM or Ethernet) 11 .
Alternative operators may be co-located in PT‟s exchanges/MDF (or access through
leased lines or own infra-structure).
c) Bitstream is included in Market 5 (previously in Market 12).
d) Having analysed the Market 5 (in 2009), ANACOM concluded that no company has SMP
in specific geographical areas (i.e., competitive areas – a new geographical market) and,
therefore, that all obligations imposed on PT (in 2005) in those specific areas were
removed
In the other areas (non competitive areas – also a new geographical market), all the
obligations were maintained: “Access to and use of specific resources” (e.g. access at
different points, regional and national); “Transparency in the publication of information”
(e.g. publication of the reference offer for broadband access, including SLAs and
compensation for non-compliance); “Non-discrimination in the provision of access and
10 See ERG (09) 17, Ch. D.1, in particular p. 12.
11 Currently on the basis of 28 regional PoI’s and 2 national ones, where an operator may
interconnect and collect the traffic.
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