BT Sets Out Broadband Measures
22 9월 2015 - 11:38PM
Dow Jones News
LONDON--BT Group PLC (BT.A.LN) Tuesday set out a raft of
measures to bolster its broadband operations, amid renewed calls
from rivals that the U.K. telecommunications incumbent should be
separated from its infrastructure division.
Among the changes, BT said it aims for minimum broadband speed
of five to ten megabits per second, with regulatory help. It also
is extending its fiber-optic coverage and ten million premises to
receive ultrafast broadband with speeds of between 300 and 500 mbps
by the end of 2020.
It also set out improvements to customer service from
Openreach.
Rivals Sky PLC (SKY.LN), Vodafone Group PLC (VOD.LN) and
TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC (TALK.LN) have said the changes are
insufficient and call for the breakup of the company on competition
and customer service grounds. BT's peers use Openreach to offer
broadband services.
"What the British broadband market urgently needs is radical
reform, not calculated maneuvering and caveats to protect BT's
self-interest," said a Sky spokesman.
"It has taken an Ofcom review and the threat of serious
regulatory intervention to win even these modest commitments,"
added a TalkTalk spokesman.
BT says the improvements to the network will fulfill the digital
ambitions of the U.K.
BT is expecting to complete a multi-billion dollar deal for
mobile operator EE to offer so-called quadruple play services of
fixed telephony, mobile telephony, broadband and pay-television,
shifting the makeup of the U.K.'s rapidly-changing telecoms
market.
Communications regulator Ofcom is conducting a review on the
functioning of the U.K.'s digital market, with findings given at
the end of the year.
--Write to Simon Zekaria at simon.zekaria@wsj.com
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 22, 2015 10:23 ET (14:23 GMT)
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