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The European Commission has asked the Belgian telecoms regulator, IBPT, to speed up local loop unbundling in Belgium. The Commission supports the IBPT’s efforts to open up Belgacom’s (the local incumbent) lines to competitors.

Below is an excerpt from the European Commission’s press release:

“In a letter sent today, the Commission asks IBPT to reinforce the provisions allowing new entrants to use the local network of the historical incumbent operator to provide broadband services to end users (local loop unbundling) with a…

Belgacom, the incumbent telecom operator in Belgium, says it will stop delivering dial-up service to customers. The company says it does not make any sense to continue delivering dial-up service, which very few use.

Belgacom estimates that it has very few dial-up customers left and most of them live in rural areas where there is no ADSL. Fortunately, ADSL now reaches 99.7% of the population so there are hardly any places left in Belgium where one can’t get ADSL service.

And where…

The New York Times article on FON is interesting but only because it fails to see FON for what it really is, contains some strange quotes about why ISPs in Europe are signing up with FON and why Europeans are more likely to share their connections than Americans (not true).The New York Times article on FON is interesting but only because it fails to see FON for what it really is, contains some strange quotes about why ISPs in Europe…

OPTA, the Netherlands telecoms regulator, is planning to force cable companies in the Netherlands to open up their networks to competitors. This comes as no surprise to people following European telecoms regulatory affairs. The EU member states have forced the incumbent telcos to open up their networks to competitors, so it just makes sense for them to force the cable OPTA, the Netherlands telecoms regulator, is planning to force cable companies in the Netherlands to open up their networks to…

Bristol is deploying the largest public access Wi-Fi hotzone in the UK as part of its Bristol Legible City initiative. The network will also give council and city workers access to private networks (VPNs) in the area of coverage and provide wireless connectivity for CCTV (allowing the city to move cameras around easily for street events and general security surveillance). Bristol is deploying the largest public access Wi-Fi hotzone in the UK as part of its Bristol Legible City initiative.…

This is not turning out to be a quiet summer in the world of wireless broadband, although here in Amsterdam, everyone has gone off on their annual summer holiday and it is actually hot (finally). This is not turning out to be a quiet summer in the world of wireless broadband, although here in Amsterdam, everyone has gone off on their annual summer holiday and it is actually hot (finally).

Alvarion is buying Interwave for $56 million in cash. Why…