Telecoms firm boss Furqan Alamgir has laid into Hull-based KCOM over its failure to share infrastructure, saying he is “fed up with its false narratives and anti-competitive behaviour”.
Some residents in Hull, Beverley, Hedon and Cottingham have been complaining for months about the proliferation of unsightly poles and wires as challenger firms roll out broadband in the area, with local MPs taking up their cause. Last Thursday Digital Infrastructure Minister Julia Lopez wrote to operators, including
briefed the media prior to sharing with Connexin. This again shows their approach and highlights their behaviour.” Mr Alamgir said there was no evidence will share infrastructure as they are required to do, legally, is through Ofcom stepping in and regulating them in the same was as they do Openreach.” In last week’s letter to operators, Ms Lopez said new poles should only go up when burying cables is “not reasonably practicable” and only after “appropriate” community engagement, and ensuring a pole would not block traffic or spoil the look of the area. She said officials would look at revising the current code of practice.
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