BT chief executive Ian Livingston told the FT the company would provide open access to its ducts in a move to help extend high-speed broadband coverage across Britain.
“We told Ofcom last year we’re willing to provide open access to our ducts . . . and we are working with them on how to achieve it,” Livingston said.
“Open access to all ducts, not just ours, might help BT and others extend coverage and so we would like to see a future government support such a move,” he said.
Late last year Livingston called for clarity over future government subsidies for the broadband network infrastructure.
BT is spending £1.5 billion (RM8.05 billion) on an optical fibre network, that will increase download speeds 10-fold, in time for the 2012 Olympic games.
The company hopes to recoup some of its investment costs by signing wholesale deals with its competitors, the paper said. — Reuters
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BT has been enjoying the laid back ways for years. Why do it? It is very tedious and a lot of work and not much profit. This is the destruction of the British telecommunications system, all started with privatisation. Now it is passing the buck around. Anyone wants it?
Letting every Tom, Dick and Harry do it will result in a disparate network. The system will be sub-standard. Even Cambodia will have more advanced system because their Government is putting in the effort and have a common uniform national standard done by the national carrier.
TM need to have a thinking outside of the monopoly paradigm. It didn't know that it will have a vast and consistence revenue stream with an open access network. Don't roll-out the obsolete system of 10 Mbps in the Klang valley. 100 Mbps symmetrical should be the minimum nation wide. TM can do it, but I don't know what is holding it back. Don't do it for the share market. Do it for the people of Malaysia. TM will reap heaps in return for years and years. This is needed by Malaysians to participate in the upcoming Digital Economy that only the Malaysian Government can provide.