O2, who have repeatedly put the brakes on their official entry into the mixed communications market, are rumoured to limit the availability of services once they do.
For the areas not in reach of the Be LLU footprint – which currently covers over half of the UK population – a wholesale agreement has been signed with BT to enable further coverage, but the service is not expected to be available to everyone.
O2 have been debating over how exactly they will market the service – they are anxious about not having the majority of their customers connected through BT Wholesale, which will would eat into their profits – an article in the Guardian last month stated that TalkTalk lose £5 a month on each customer connected through BT as opposed to their own unbundled network.
Be have currently unbundled in over 800 exchanges; it therefore looks likely that O2 will opt for a ’softly softly’ approach, offering services through Be and through BT Wholesale in selected areas, and gradually expanding services through LLU Investment so that they do not end up in a similar situation.
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Einar said on 28 Sep 2007 at 11:21 am #
I’m getting Be right now, so I should be able to get a good deal with O2.