Ofcom Blocks 'Unfair' Openreach Pricing Scheme
Ofcom said the deal could let Openreach undercut rivals by up to £9.50 a month for 30 months and harm sustainable competition.
- Ofcom ordered Openreach to withdraw the "Incremental New to Openreach" offer, declaring the deal "not fair and reasonable" because it could damage competition from alternative broadband network providers.
- The scrapped offer provided internet service providers a monthly discount of up to £9.50 for up to 30 months, which regulators determined other reasonably efficient operators could not match while recovering their own costs.
- Targeting only new customers, the discount could hinder alternative network providers' ability to scale their customer base while nearly half of full-fibre households remain unsigned.
- Openreach commercial managing director James Lowther said the firm acted in "good faith" and will review the decision carefully while launching other offers to compete fairly.
- Ofcom clarified it is not intervening in other planned commercial offers from Openreach, provided those deals involve smaller discounts that do not raise competitive concerns.
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