ComReg move puts local loop talks back on line.

(From Irish Independent)

NEGOTIATIONS between Eircom and alternative broadband providers are back on line following a call from the Communications Regulator for progress on Local Loop Unbundling (LLU).

ComReg called Eircom and other operators to a meeting today "to move the outstanding issues forward".

The watchdog published a timetable under which Eircom will provide services to allow competing operators access to its local loop network.

ComReg Commissioner John Doherty said he would monitor progress closely and "intervene robustly, if necessary".

BT Ireland, which pulled out of the talks last month, said it would re-enter …