Alternative operators call for EU intervention on incumbents’ wholesale rates

A number of European alternative network operators have issued a warning that the high prices being charged by the continent’s incumbent operators for wholesale access threatens their long-term economic viability, and have called on the European Commission (EC) to take action. Total Telecom reports the group, represented by the European Competitive Telecommunication Association (ECTA), as saying that the current charges for access to copper legacy network have ‘drained cash reserves’, and led to a slowdown or halt in their fibre investment plans. The ECTA members are calling for the EC to put a stop to the 'copper gravy train', which if not tackled, could result in a return ‘to monopolies and duopolies for broadband services in five years time,’ says ECTA chairman Tom Ruhan

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OVETEL Alternative operators call for EU intervention on incumbents’ wholesale rates