LLU and Wholesale Broadband Access Obligations Announced

The Electronic Communications Act came into force on July 25 2003. Under the act, the Post and Telecommunications Authority is required to analyze 18 product markets in order to identify any providers with significant market power and determine which obligations to impose on them.

The authority's determinations are subject to the requirement that a national hearing take place. During this hearing, all interested parties are given the opportunity to comment.

On July 1 2005 the authority notified decisions on the use of regulatory measures in (i) market 11, the market for wholesale unbundled access (including shared access) to metallic loops and sub-loops for the purpose of providing broadband and voice services (local loop unbundling (LLU)), and (ii) market 12, the market for wholesale broadband access.