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Telecommunications competition - a new entrant’s perspective on the UK experience

Explore the regulatory and market entry challenges faced by Carphone Warehouse, a leading independent mobile phone retailer in Europe, as they entered the UK telecom market.

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Telecommunications competition - a new entrant’s perspective on the UK experience

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  1. Telecommunications competition - a new entrant’s perspective on the UK experience Rickard Granberg 2 December 2008

  2. The Carphone Warehouse • Largest independent mobile phone retailer in Europe • Total turnover £4,474m in 2007/8 • Telecom turnover £1,918m in 2007/8 • Bought network operator and entered UK fixed market in 2003 • Launched local loop unbundling/next generation network in 2006

  3. The Carphone Warehouse • Over 2.5m broadband customers • 2.7m telephony customers • Over 2m unbundled customers on our LLU network • Over 2,000 unbundled exchanges • Several MVNO brands

  4. Wholesale input products • Local loop unbundling • IPStream (“wholesale bitstream access”) • Wholesale line rental • Carrier pre-selection • Indirect access • Backhaul and core network • Mobile airtime (MVNO)

  5. Regulatory challenges • Broadband and LLU • Ex-ante and ex-post regulation • Wholesale and retail regulation • Margins • Market entry challenges • Fixed telephony • Interconnection policy • Market entry challenges

  6. Regulatory challenges • MVNO • Licensing -> Authorisations • No economic regulation in the UK • Market entry based on commercial deals • Consumer regulation

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