Market for wholesale broadband access: M 1/10-92 of November 15, 2010
On this market, the following ex ante obligations have been imposed on A1 Telekom Austria AG by the Telekom Control Commission with its market analysis decision M 1/10-92 dated November 15, 2010):
- Obligation to grant access to the broadband bitstream to wholesale partners for making available broadband products to non-residential customers
- Obligation to offer corresponding wholesale products when new retail products are launched
- Regional traffic handover at nine interconnection points
- National traffic handover at one of those nine interconnection points (as chosen by the Internet service provider requiring traffic handover)
- Access to a "naked DSL" product
- Availability of a voice-over-broadband option including integrated transfer volume
- Obligation of non-discrimination
- Price regulation based on "retail minus" calculations avoiding a margin squeeze (charges for single wholesale product must cover wholesale charge plus avoidable cost of A1 Telekom Austria AG)
- Reference offer regarding all bitstream products offered
- 4-week advance notice vis-a-vis wholesale partners in case of modification of wholesale products and new retail products
- Separate accounting and a cost accounting system in order to prevent illicit cross-subsidization.
A1 Telekom Austria AG has published its reference offer here: