Broadband Industry Group - Campaigning for greater competition in UK wholesale broadband

Background and Composition
The Broadband Industry Group has formed to campaign for greater competition in the UK broadband market and to realise the economic potential of broadband for the UK. Comprised of companies drawn from across the communications industry, the Group's members share a common determination to play a role in the development of broadband services in the UK.

Beliefs
The Broadband Industry Group believes that broadband is an important source of economic growth for the UK which will only be unleashed by the creation of a genuinely competitive market. Research commissioned by the Group and conducted by the centre for economic and business research (cebr) found that with a competitive market, broadband would deliver the following benefits to the UK:

UK productivity will rise by 2.5% by 2015

With faster economic growth, UK GDP will be Ł22 billion higher by 2015

Objectives
The Group will campaign for more effective regulation of competition in broadband markets with the following five objectives:

Fair pricing for wholesale DSL and LLU broadband services

Better processes and carrier quality terms and conditions for wholesale DSL and LLU broadband services

Simultaneous launch of retail and wholesale broadband services G

reater certainty and transparency in relation to wholesale broadband services

Level competitive playing field for all broadband service providers

State of the Broadband Nation 2004
For more information read the Group's report on the state of competition in the UK broadband market.

For more information contact info@bigfuture.org