Consultation response form
Please complete this form in full and return to icandtermination@ofcom.org.uk or:
Shaun Tey
Ofcom
Riverside House
2A Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 9HA

Consultation title	Future of interconnection and call termination	
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Your response
Question	Your response	
Question 4.1: Do you agree that if BT’s migration to an IP network is unpredictable, it could result in increased charges for providers routing calls to its network?  Are there any other issues that might arise as a result of its migration?   	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 4.2: Please state which of these measures you consider would be appropriate for securing efficient migration and why?    	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 4.3: Would the regulation of charges for media conversion, switching and conveyance for calls routed via IP networks be an effective means of preventing excessive charges and promoting an efficient migration to IP?	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 4.4: Do you agree that it remains appropriate that telecoms providers maintain their discretion to designate a single POI at which the FTR will apply?
	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 4.5: Do you agree with our assessment about how BT’s market position in relation to interconnection might change during migration to IP?
	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 4.6: Do you agree that there is unlikely to be a need to impose regulation on BT’s interconnection circuits once migration to IP is complete?
	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 4.7: Do you agree that we should continue to regulate BT’s TDM interconnection circuits as the industry migrates from TDM to IP based networks?
	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 4.8: Do you agree that it would not be necessary to impose regulation on interconnection circuits at BT’s IP network during migration?
	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 5.1: Do you agree that BT’s role is less central to the provision of end-to-end connectivity and that telecoms providers now have a choice of transit providers with whom they can interconnect? 
	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 5.2: How might the transition to IP networks change the pattern of interconnection and how might this affect how E2E connectivity is achieved?
	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 5.3: Do you agree that General Condition A1 is sufficient to ensure that telecoms providers can obtain interconnection and that additional access obligations may no longer be required to ensure end-to-end connectivity? If not, please explain why and what obligations you think are necessary. 
	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 6.1: Do you agree with our initial view that a lack of standardisation of IP interconnection may give rise to a risk of consumer harm?
	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 6.2: To what extent is there divergence among telecom providers in respect of the IP standards they are using?  Do you consider a lack of standardisation of IP interconnection to be (or likely to be) an isolated issue or more widespread, which may require an industry-wide solution?  
	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 6.3: What measures, if any, do you consider may be appropriate to address risks arising from a lack of standardisation of IP interconnection?
	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 6.4: Would it be useful to consider the case for intervention in relation to technical standards for interconnection ahead of our next market review?
	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 7.1: What are your views on the factors that we have highlighted as having a bearing on the setting of termination rates? What other developments should we consider? 
	Confidential? – Y / N	
Question 7.2: What are your views on the options we present for regulating the fixed and mobile call termination markets? Which appears to be the most appropriate regulatory option?	Confidential? – Y / N	

Please complete this form in full and return to icandtermination@ofcom.org.uk or:
Shaun Tey
Ofcom
Riverside House
2A Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 9HA