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What is Local Loop Unbundling (LLU)

Chapter 46
Handbook of Research on Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission
A regulatory requirement that enables a competing telecommunications operator to use the twisted-pair telephone connections from the telephone exchange’s central office to the customer premises. This local loop is owned by the incumbent local exchange carrier.
Published in Chapter:
Explaining Patterns of Broadband Development in OECD Countries
Inmaculada Cava Ferreruela (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-851-2.ch046
Abstract
The aim of this chapter is to provide some insights about the explaining patterns of broadband deployment and adoption. This problem is addressed by examining them in the light of the results of an exhaustive cross-national empirical analysis that uses a comprehensive panel data set from the 30 OECD countries with more than 40 features. The results suggest that technological competition and the low cost of deploying infrastructures on one side, and the predisposition to use new technologies as well as some social indicators on the other, appear to be the key drivers for broadband deployment and adoption, respectively.
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Chapter 1
Static and Dynamic Efficiency in the European Telecommunications Market: The Role of Regulation on the Incentives to Invest and the Ladder of Investment
The regulatory process of allowing multiple telecommunications operators the use of connections from the telephone exchange’s central office to the customer’s premises (the local loop).
Published in Chapter: Static and Dynamic Efficiency in the European Telecommunications Market: The Role of Regulation on the Incentives to Invest and the Ladder of Investment; From: Handbook of Research on Telecommunications Planning and Management for Business
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Competition, Regulation and Broadband Diffusion in New Zealand
A form of regulatory access requirement whereby an incumbent network provider is required to lease elements of the proprietary network (principally the twisted copper pair connecting end users’ premises to the local switching infrastructure) to competitors, to enable the competitors to provide a service in competition to the incumbent. Competitors may then add their own equipment to the incumbent’s equipment, and/or differentiate other aspects of the service provided, such as sales, product, and service bundles. For a full description, see Cave (2006).
Published in Chapter: Competition, Regulation and Broadband Diffusion in New Zealand; From: Handbook of Research on Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission
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Chapter 2
South Africa: A Long Walk to Broadband Freedom
A regulatory process of allowing multiple locally and nationally based telecommunications operators to make use of connections from the telephone exchange’s central office to the customer’s premises. The physical wire connection between customer and company is often referred to as the “local loop” and was historically owned by the incumbent local exchange carrier.
Published in Chapter: South Africa: A Long Walk to Broadband Freedom; From: Handbook of Research on Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission
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