Ofcom wants to cut Openreach's wholesale FTTC prices

Just days after fining BT £42 million for underpaying compensation to wholesale customers, Ofcom on Friday again took aim at its networks arm Openreach, proposing to cut the prices it charges telcos for its fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) service. It is part of a range of measures included in Ofcom's newly-launched Wholesale Local Access Market Review, which aims to encourage investment in ultrafast networks, including fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP).BT warned that Ofcom's proposed price cu