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The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom<\/a>, has responded to a call by East Riding Council for them to conduct an “emergency review<\/em>” of the situation around poles and KCOM<\/a>’s infrastructure sharing in Hull. But the regulator says its powers to stop such works are limited and that no rival had raised a formal dispute about KCOM<\/a>, yet.<\/p>\n

Telecoms poles have become somewhat of a hot topic of late. Network operators like them because they\u2019re quick, easy (built under Permitted Development <\/strong>rights with only minimal prior notice) and cost-effective to build, which helps to spread gigabit broadband into more areas. But a growing number of residents in areas where they’re being deployed, particularly those that haven’t had them before, find poles to be ugly, obstructive and complain about the lack of prior consultation.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> See the Revised Cabinet and Pole Siting Code of Practice Nov 2016<\/a>.<\/div>\n

The issue seemed to come to a head last week after the Government’s Digital Infrastructure Minister, Julia Lopez<\/strong>, stepped in and called on network operators to \u201climit installation of telegraph poles<\/em>\u201d (here<\/a> and here<\/a>), albeit largely by reiterating the rules that operators already follow. Julia also called on Ofcom<\/a> to provide guidance to local planning authorities on how to raise complaints, as well as asking them for support to tackle the challenge.<\/p>\n

At around the same time, KCOM<\/a>, which is the incumbent network operator for Hull, made progress on the thorny issue of infrastructure sharing after sending a feasibility study on PIA (cable duct and pole access) to rival Connexin<\/a> (here<\/a>). More infrastructure sharing could, if made as viable via KCOM as it is already via Openreach<\/a> outside of Hull, help to reduce the number of new poles needed.<\/p>\n

However, Ofcom<\/a> has yet to take any enforcement action related to poles or even investigate a specific complaint, which is in part because a lot of the local-level complaints people have raised don\u2019t strictly breach the existing and fairly flexible guidelines.<\/p>\n

Similarly, in terms of the KCOM issue, there’s a bit of a chicken and the egg situation going on because a rival network operator would first need to raise a formal complaint. But KCOM has only just provided a rough framework for a PIA style solution, which may or may not suit Connexin<\/a>’s desires (if it doesn’t, and they reach an impasse, then a formal complaint may follow).<\/p>\n

What Ofcom says<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

All of this helps to explain why the East Riding Council’s recent letter to Ofcom, which called on the regulator to launch an emergency review into broadband companies around East Yorkshire, as well as to pause new works until that review has been completed and boost infrastructure sharing, haven’t had much of an impact.<\/p>\n

The regulator said they lack the powers to stop such works taking place and cannot force other operators to use KCOM’s product (share infrastructure) if it doesn’t make commercial sense for them to do so (i.e. rivals, like Connexin<\/a> and MS3<\/a>, say KCOM has thus far made it too expensive to use and don’t publish their prices in public).<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Ofcom said (Hull Live<\/a>):<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We\u2019re actively engaging with all companies involved, but we have not, to date, received a dispute from any provider in relation to KCOM failing to comply with its obligations regarding access to its ducts and poles. Ultimately, we can\u2019t force other companies to use KCOM\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n

We can only stop them from deploying their own infrastructure in very limited circumstances, like when national security or public safety are at risk.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The reality here is that Ofcom aren’t likely to take a deeper dive into this until the start of their next major market review, which is due to start its evidence gathering stage in the near future and that will then take over a year to reach a final conclusion. In the meantime, there will no doubt be further discussions between KCOM and Connexin, which may or may not make some progress. Meanwhile, the roll-out remains ongoing.<\/p>\n

However, the Government do intend to \u201crevise<\/em>\u201d the existing Cabinet Siting and Pole Siting Code of Practice<\/strong> to \u201cmake sure that communities feel engaged in the deployment of new broadband infrastructure, whilst still allowing operators to continue deploying their networks<\/em>.\u201d We expect more meetings and better notifications to be the result, which may add some extra costs and time to network builds. But it’s not clear when this will occur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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