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

BoR (11) 06b
� 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 16 )?
Several operators have made significant investments in co-installation and LLU
unbundling, whereby it is necessary to consider appropriate periods and models for the
transition, so that such investments are not put at risk and also so that the levels of
competition which have already been achieved are not jeopardised, while account must
also be taken of the risk that this transition may result in a (re)monopolisation in the
electronic communications markets. In this sense, there is a need to define mechanisms
which provide for non-disruptive migration to NGA, involving the maintenance of the LLU
offer in the short to medium term and improving transparency and non-discrimination.
However, there are no measures involving compensations to LLU 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?
No specific provisions related to the cost of migration were defined.
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 17 . In
case such a database exists already in your country, explain:
Assuming that the NGA Recommendation refers to the SMP infrastructure, our answer
refers to the PT‟s database containing information on its ducts and associated
infrastructure.
- Who established/runs this database: the NRA or another institution, possibly in cooperation
with the NRA?
The database was established and is operated by PT.
ANACOM is working on the implementation of a national infrastructure database
containing also information of other entities (telcos and non-telcos) – see section 6.
In what follows, the emphasis will be on the incumbent duct‟s database.
16 See BoR (10) 08, Ch. E.2.
17 Note: In its Opinion to this Draft Recommendation BEREC suggested to replace “all ducts” with
“civil engineering infrastructure”.
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