(Telecompaper) The German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) published its draft decision on changes to the regulatory framework for access to Deutsche Telekom's last-mile network. The decision takes account of DT's plans to roll out VDSL2 vectoring technology, which competitors have said could limit their access to the copper network. The regulator said that DT will still be required to grant access to the last mile. If this is no longer possible after the VDSL upgrade, then Telekom must provide its competitors a local, virtually unbundled access product (VULA) as a replacement for the last mile, which must be very similar to the characteristics of the unbundled DSL service. The draft decision was met with criticism from industry players. The regulator's decision remains subject to a public consultation, open for comment until 18 January 2016.