Jazztel, FT Sapwood and Telefonica may require the payment of penalties for breaching the OBA
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The board of the Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) has agreed that the firms affected by delays of Telefonica of Spain in terms of facilitating access to the subscriber loop (OBA) to require the dominant carrier for the payment of penalties for their violations.
The board of the Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) has agreed that the firms affected by delays of Telefonica of Spain in terms of facilitating access to the subscriber loop (OBA) to require the dominant carrier for the payment of penalties for their violations. With this decision, the management body of the regulator considers requests for payment of penalties by Jazztel, France Telecom (Wanadoo) and Brightness, and rejects the arguments of the firm headed by Luis Lada, who drew the 'excesses timely submission 'loop access as a justification for delays in carrying out the unbundling of the last stretches of line that allows connections with users.
In its resolution on this decision, the regulator said that the obligations of loop access are a 'crucial' to encourage competition in the broadband market. In addition, states that the geographic distribution of requests from rival Telefónica can reject the dominant carrier in the volume of requests for access is "excessive and disproportionate."
The WCL also rejects the argument that Telefónica resources are not sufficient to address the volume of requests for access to the loop. In this regard, the regulator highlights' evident differences' between the service that Telefónica has the signatures of competition and businesses of their own group. 'They are notable differences in the growth of ADSL Telefónica group compared to the competition or loops broken,' he insists.
Following the publication of this resolution, Telefonica of Spain may present new arguments against this decision to the CMT itself in a period of one month or appeal to the High Court within a period of two months.
Article published in: http://actualidad.terra.es
