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KPN agrees new DSL access terms with Tele2, M7
2015-07-20 08:39:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) KPN announced agreements with Tele2 and M7 Group over access to its DSL network. The agreements run for seven years and cover respectively Vula (Virtual Unbundled Local Access) and WBA (Wholesale Broadband Access) services. KPN is still talking to Vodafone on a similar agreement. The new agreements are an alternative to the regulated MDF access to the passive network. The Vula service will act as KPN's reference offer to the market. The commercial agreements did not involve the regulator ACM, which left the market open to striking an agreement as part of its unbundled access decision first published last October. The wholesale agreements must still be vetted by the regulator for guarantees such as transparency and non-discrimination; KPN said it expects the regulator to clear the agreements soon. A new offer on wholesale access was needed due to KPN's introduction of vectoring and pair bonding on the DSL network. These techniques offer higher speeds, but are not compatible with the current forms of unbundled access.
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