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There is a lot of terminology out there regarding the local loop unbundling. What does it all mean? The following definition should shed some light on the situation.

Structural Separation

Structural separation is when a company is split up physically. Usually the companies assets are sold. Such as Telecom's sale of the Yellow Pages business.

Operational Separation

Operational separation is when a company is split up operationally. The independent parts or departments that make up the company are made into smaller sub companies under the same umbrella.

Telecom has stepped up attempts to sell its structural separation package to the telecommunications industry, with chief financial officer Marko Bogoievski assuring rivals that Telecom's proposed network company, NetCo, would take ownership of more than just Telecom's copper phone lines.

Stuff.co.nz | Open in Window

Story from Stuff.co.nz telling about how the local loop unbundling has become too complex. Telecom is being proactive about the unbundling. It now sells broadband wholesale on the same terms as itself and is co-operating well.

Telecom has voluntarily offered to sell off its core network. This could be the nicest thing Telecom has done, however some speculate it is trying to get off the hook for not investing in infrastructure for the last 10 years.

It would've solved a lot of problems if it was done 2 years ago, but it's great non the less.

"Telecom has offered New Zealand, uniquely and voluntarily, an opportunity to turn back the clock. If the Government handles its response well, this could be the moment when we start to clamber back from our appalling place near the bottom of the OECD's telecommunications league table to the top 10 countries. That's where Tuanz wants us to be."

Over the years, Telecom's shareholders were well rewarded as the company took full advantage of its position as de facto regulator of the telecommunications industry. They prospered as Telecom employed formidable lobbying and legal haggling to preserve its status far beyond any reasonable expectation. The same could not be said for Telecom's customers. They fumed as the company's ageing equipment creaked. Telecom's approach, rational enough in the circumstances, was to minimise capital expenditure while maximising its returns to shareholders.

Huawei, a telecommunications equipment company from China is looking to supply its equipment to NZ telco's installing their DSLAM's in the newly accessible infrastructure.

The normal DSLAM providers are Alcatel for fixed line and Ericsson or Nokia for wireless. They already have a trial going with ihug, struck a deal with Econet and say they are 'working on' Telecom.

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/8193F327BC205A9ECC2572B30077E07...

The government is preparing a document for the Operational Separation of Telecom. The changes to take place will then be announced mid-year. They are also asking for comments and views on the Consultation Document (672k pdf) and are offering a chance to make a submission. Details on submission can be found here.

Hey everyone, sorry bout the long wait, finally got this site working. You may have seen the page not found errors lately - was due to a setting in the CMS. Finally got some help and got it fixed. Now that we are on this brand new server hosted by dreamhost.com in California, there should be zero downtime, and excellent speed.

Anyway, we're good to go now, so enjoy your stay.

By SUE ALLEN - The Dominion Post | Tuesday, 20 March 2007

The Government should try for a few "quick wins" to boost competition and drag New Zealand up world rankings for broadband take-up and mobile phone charges, CallPlus says.

Chief executive Martin Wylie said moving ahead with competitive pricing of wholesale broadband-only home connections - also known as Naked DSL - would be one way to increase competition in the short term.

Naked DSL would require Telecom to make available a broadband connection without the customer having to also take a voice phone. In turn that would open the way for the expansion of low-cost voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) phone services that are widespread in many countries.