{"id":14914,"date":"2017-11-10T15:41:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T15:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=14914"},"modified":"2017-11-10T18:47:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T18:47:48","slug":"competition-tribunal-upholds-dark-fibre-uk-market-definitions-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/11\/competition-tribunal-upholds-dark-fibre-uk-market-definitions-ruling.html","title":{"rendered":"Competition Tribunal Upholds Dark Fibre and UK Market Definitions Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catribunal.org.uk\/237-9285\/1260-3-3-16-British-Telecommunications-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Competition Appeal Tribunal<\/a> has today handed down judgement against the market definitions used in <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-133 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"ofcom\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s Business Connectivity Review, which upholds the July 2017 ruling (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/bt-stall-ofcoms-dark-fibre-2016-business-connectivity-review-measures.html\">here<\/a>) and means that the plan to cut <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-102 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/leasedline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"leased line\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/jargon\/jargon_detail.php?Leased-Line-52\">leased line<\/a> charges or force <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-46 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"openreach\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.openreach.co.uk\">Openreach<\/a> (<a class=\"shortlink shortlink-145\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"BT\">BT<\/a>) to offer Dark Fibre is still stalled.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"shortlink shortlink-46 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"openreach\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.openreach.co.uk\">Openreach<\/a> were originally due to launch an <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-133 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"ofcom\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\">Ofcom<\/a> proposed <strong>Dark Fibre Access<\/strong> (DFA) product this year, which would have enabled rival UK ISPs to gain &#8220;<em>physical access<\/em>&#8221; to the operator\u2019s existing fibre optic cables (i.e. enabling them to install their own equipment at either end of the fibre within cable ducts). But this plan was cancelled after <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-145\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"BT\">BT<\/a> won a legal challenge against Ofcom&#8217;s &#8220;<em>incorrect<\/em>&#8221; market definitions (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/openreach-bt-cancels-uk-launch-dark-fibre-access-product.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Infrastructure builders like Openreach, <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-65\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"virgin media\">Virgin Media<\/a>, <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-71 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"cityfibre\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.cityfibre.com\">Cityfibre<\/a> and Zayo have long feared that DFA could discourage operators from investing to build their own fibre optic networks and will thus welcome today&#8217;s update.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Mark Collins, <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-71 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"cityfibre\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.cityfibre.com\">Cityfibre<\/a>&#8217;s Director of Strategy &amp; Policy, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CityFibre welcomes today\u2019s decision from the CAT, which upholds the market definition aspects of the appeal against Ofcom\u2019s BCMR.<\/p>\n<p>This decision means Ofcom will now need to reconsider and redefine its assessment of the market in a way that not only truly addresses the industry\u2019s longstanding concerns regarding fairness and competition, but also fits the context of an accelerated full-fibre roll-out &#8211; as demanded by the Government.<\/p>\n<p>Ofcom\u2019s flawed approach was unduly fixated on a \u2018make do and mend\u2019 strategy of squeezing economic value out of BT\u2019s existing legacy network, not recognizing and encouraging the expansion of new, fit-for-purpose fibre networks from the likes of CityFibre. It\u2019s pessimism about the prospects for real, infrastructure-based competition would have perversely restricted alternative providers\u2019 ability to compete. It\u2019s fixation with forcing BT to offer dark fibre ignored the fact that CityFibre, amongst others are already providing wholesale dark fibre and plan to expand its footprint substantially.<\/p>\n<p>This is now an opportunity for Ofcom to rethink its strategy. What it should have done, and now should take this opportunity to rectify, is to properly assess and understand the market to determine what competition concerns exist and then, and only then, introduce remedies which are fit for purpose and forward thinking, to deal with those concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The judgement will give Ofcom the opportunity to revisit its blinkered approach to the introduction of dark fibre at all costs and press ahead with the introduction of market controls or remedies which are fit for purpose, such as unrestricted duct and pole access. The market needs remedies which will ultimately provide the competitive intensity the market needs in order to thrive in a way that is fair and delivers choice and value-for-money for customers.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>A <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-65\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"virgin media\">Virgin Media<\/a> Spokesperson said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We welcome today\u2019s ruling which requires Ofcom to rethink how these markets will be regulated. It\u2019s vital that Ofcom encourages and supports investment in the UK\u2019s internet infrastructure at a time when companies like Virgin Media are laying the foundations for ultrafast broadband across the UK.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So far Ofcom has not said how they intend to proceed, although it&#8217;s likely that they may need to re-run their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/03\/ofcom-business-review-forces-bt-dark-fibre-lower-prices-higher-quality.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 Business Connectivity Market Review<\/a>. In the meantime Openreach has proposed to launch a new <strong>OSA Filter Connect<\/strong> product, which is a kind of virtual (grey) dark fibre style solution (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/10\/openreach-dark-fibre-new-osa-filter-connect-product-uk-isps.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 6:46pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Added a comment from Virgin Media above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Competition Appeal Tribunal has today handed down judgement against the market definitions used in Ofcom&#8217;s Business Connectivity Review, which upholds the July 2017 ruling (here) and means that the plan to cut leased line charges or force Openreach (BT) to offer Dark Fibre is still stalled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[474,472,478,36,69],"class_list":["post-14914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-bt","tag-business","tag-ethernet","tag-ofcom-regulation","tag-bt-openreach"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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