Ofcom hints at Openreach pricing push-back

UK comms regulator Ofcom has decided to extend its assessment of wholesaler Openreach’s latest proposed pricing thanks, in part, to unguarded comments from BT’s CEO.
In early February of this year, Ofcom decided it needed to take a closer look at the new set of fixed-line prices – Equinox 2 – proposed by BT’s supposedly autonomous wholesale arm Openreach. While the probe seemed to be prompted by complaints from competitors of Openreach that it was using its dominant