Jan 10th 2007
By: Luke
By: Luke
Cable and Wireless accuse BT on unbundling charges
ZDNet reports -
Cable & Wireless has accused BT of overcharging it regularly for connecting customers to unbundled exchanges.
In a complaint now lodged with Ofcom, the provider has claimed BT broke rules set by the national telecommunications regulator, which were supposed to see BT charge other operators fair prices for setting up new lines in its exchanges.
The complaint refers to the period between 16 December, 2004 — when the rules were set in Ofcom’s review of the wholesale local access market — and 30 June, 2006. Although BT is named in the complaint, Openreach — the access division spun off in January 2006 to expedite the unbundling process — is not.
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