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

BoR (11) 06b
� Elaborate on the rationale for allowing or not allowing a decommissioning of MDFs, and
any conditions involved. E.g., approval for a phase-out may be made contingent upon the
availability of an equivalent alternative wholesale product. 3
� In its report “NGA – Implementation Issues and Best Practice” 4 BEREC suggested that
“in addition to the reference offer – wholesale customers should be able to obtain relevant
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.
- Elaborate on your practical experiences with such provisions (e.g. have there been
any practical problems with enforcing such provisions?).
� 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 )?
� 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?
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:
- Who established/runs this database: the NRA or another institution, possibly in cooperation
with the NRA?
- Which data are collected in this database?
- Does the information collected cover just telcos or also non-telcos?
3 See ERG (07) 16rev2, Ch. 4.5.2 and in particular the flow-chart diagram illustrating procedural
issues in the substitution phase.
4 BoR (10) 08; Chapter E.2, p. 9.
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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