AllPoints Fibre Networks has agreed a new multi-million-pound partnership with BT Wholesale as it continues to expand the reach of its full fibre broadband offering.
Wed, 7/12/2022 - 10:58
CityFibre has submitted a Competition Act complaint to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Ofcom against BT Openreach.
The complaint accuses Openreach of “undertaking an aggressive strategy to foreclose infrastructure competition in the UK fibre broadband market.”
CityFibre states that the strategy is exploiting the dependency of Openreach’s wholesale ISPs, deterring them from placing orders with alternative fibre providers,
CEO Greg Mesch said: “We welcome fair competition, but BT Openreach’s behaviour is straight out of the playbook of a dominant operator using its market power and advantages to maintain its dominance.
“If left unchecked, BT Openreach will strangle competition and threaten the pace of the UK’s full fibre roll out, all at the same time as BT Consumer is imposing broadband price rises on millions of households far above the rate of inflation.
“Were this to happen, it would also send a clear signal to investors that this country is not a place where they can safely invest the billions of pounds needed to improve UK infrastructure.”
