DocumentCode :
1333115
Title :
The technical impact of the unbundling process and regulatory action
Author :
Ödling, Per ; Mayr, Bernhard ; Palm, Stephen
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. Res. Center, Vienna, Austria
Volume :
38
Issue :
5
fYear :
2000
fDate :
5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
74
Lastpage :
80
Abstract :
The process, referred to as unbundling, of allowing alternative operators to use the copper twisted wire pairs installed and owned by the local or national monopoly telephone operator is currently underway in many parts of the world. Not entirely without reason, most see this as a purely economical and legal matter, but it also has a surprisingly large impact on the engineering of broadband communication systems. This applies to the standardization and design phase as well as to the deployment phase. We survey the background of unbundling, and the goals and thinking of a regulator, and elaborate on the technical impact of unbundling. Examples are taken from VDSL standardization and the regulatory situation in various European countries
Keywords :
broadband networks; digital subscriber lines; legislation; standardisation; systems engineering; twisted pair cables; European countries; VDSL standardization; alternative operators; broadband communication systems engineering; copper twisted wire pairs; deployment phase; design phase; economics; legal aspects; local telephone operator; national monopoly telephone operator; regulator; regulatory action; regulatory situation; standardization; technical impact; telecommunication market liberalisation; unbundling process; ANSI standards; Europe; Large Hadron Collider; Law; Legal factors; Licenses; Monopoly; Telecommunications; Telephony; Transformers, Regulators and Reactors - c57;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0163-6804
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/35.841829
Filename :
841829
Link To Document :
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