Belgian regulator BIPT has launched a number of pre-consultations on the resale of internet and television on fixed networks. The regulator is working on four separate decisions. The first three pre-consultations are on the Brutele, Nethys and Telenet reference offer projects for Bitstream coax and the resale of television services. The fourth pre-consultation is for the Proximus reference bid project for Bitstream GPON, namely, fibre network under construction.
BIPT said it imposed new reference offers on Brutele, Nethys, Telenet and Proximus after its analysis on 29 June of the broadband and television broadcasting markets. The market analysis made the four operators develop a reference offer. BIPT took the reference offer from 2011 as base for the pre-consultation, with a few updates.
The regulator said it first wants to assess the reactions of the market and then decide if larger adjustments are needed. A new decision will be offered later in a real consultations. The pre-consultations will run form 22 January to 19 February.