But it was when I looked at the impact of unbundling on a broader scale – not removing individual channels from a television bundle, but removing television from the internet/phone/cable TV bundle – that the real shock registered.
But the European Parliament has rejected this plan, leaving "unbundling" in limbo.There is also talk of increasing imports of liquefied gas from farther afield.
For policymakers, it offered a fast-track route to real competition and lower prices for customers.There is, however, one rather large problem with unbundling the local loop.
BT is already supposed to allow third parties access to its local infrastructure so-called "local-loop unbundlinfrastructure so-calledellent job of ensuring that, in practice, very few lines have been unbundling
The cap would be set at the price of the cheapest network.All this, say the Germans, shows that it is possible to create a competitive market without resorting to unbundling.
Although we have many reforms already under our belt, and many more on our plate, our appetite for reform remains hearty.MASAMICHI KONODirectorInternational Affairs DivisionFSATokyoIn the loopSIR You misrepresent OFTEL's achievements in extending competition through unbundling the local loop ("Blocked", September 30th).
"I just find it unbelievable that we in Ireland should even think of unbundling our relationship with Europe, which has been such a profound success and has turned us from a stagnant, backward, failed part of the British regional economy into a modern and prosperous European country".Amen to that, they will say in Brussels.
Michael Glos, Germany's economics minister, thinks unbundling is not a "cure all .German regulators argue that they have done a lot to reduce the oligopoly held by E.ON and RWE.
It all promises plenty of work for investment banks, unbundling the behemoths they helped build.It is still unlikely that any of the big telecoms companies will actually go bankrupt.
A key aspect of privatisation is unbundling the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, a bloated and ill-managed monopoly, with thousands of "ghost" workers on the payroll.
