Time Warner to invest USD 214.65 million in U.K. LLU
Source: voipcentral.org
Time Warner will invest 120 million pounds ($214.65 million) in its British ISP, AOL UK, in Local Loop Unbundling (LLU). Ofcom’s recent mandates on LLU and the Strategic Review of Telecommunications has provided AOL with an opportunity to bring large-scale competition into UK’s national telephone network and also catch up with other European countries.
AOL’s unbundled services will be ADSL2+ compatible that will create the potential for 8+ mbps.
The first phase will take place in the first half of 2006 that will involve installing DSLAMs in 300 of BT’s exchanges reaching 20 percent of UK households at a cost of 50 million. This roll out will be extended to up to 1,000 exchanges reaching 50 percent of UK households at an additional investment of 70 million if it turns out to be successful.
AOL U.K. has more than 1.1 million broadband subscribers as of November 2005.
