Telecom market ‘is two steps from being truly competitive’

Wednesday 15th December 2010, 2:29PM GMT.

MORE needs to be done to make Guernsey’s telecoms market truly competitive, one operator has said.

Guernsey now has three providers – Sure, Wave and Airtel-Vodafone.

Airtel-Vodafone this week welcomed the suggestion by the Office of Utility Regulation of easing some of its controls – such as reporting requirements – on mobile operators.

But it said the wider telecommunications offering for Guernsey customers was still not fully liberalised and it would not be until two changes were made.

‘One, there needs to be number portability for fixed-line services, and two, local loop unbundling needs to be introduced as a priority,’ said a spokesman.

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Ray

December 15, 2010 at 7:37 pm

The quickest way to improve the Guernsey Telecom scene is to stand the OUR staff one step back from the Jerbourg cliffs and then tell them to take two steps forward

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