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Homes and businesses up and down the country are set to benefit from much faster and more reliable fibre broadband, under major proposals set out by Ofcom.
As demand for internet data accelerates, the UK’s infrastructure needs to be upgraded. So today we are proposing new, flexible regulation that will help fuel a full-fibre future for the whole of the UK. Today’s proposals are part of our review of wholesale telecoms used for residential and business services in the UK. This maps out how Ofcom will regulate BT for the period from April 2021 to March 2026.
Our focus on promoting broadband network competition has helped full fibre coverage increase at its fastest ever rate. We have already made it cheaper, quicker and easier for BT’s rivals to lay fibre cables by giving them better and cheaper access to Openreach’s underground pipes and telegraph poles.
We are now proposing to supercharge the strategy with a four-point plan to support competitive investment in fibre networks:
- Improving the business case for fibre investment
- Protecting customers and driving competition
- Taking rural areas into the fast lane
- Closing the copper network
We have also today set out how we intend to regulate Openreach’s ‘leased lines’ – high-speed connections used by large organisations, which also form the data highways of the UK’s mobile and broadband networks.
Today’s consultation closes on 1 April 2020, and we will publish our decisions in early 2021 before the current rules expire in April 2021.
