MADRID, July 12 (Reuters) - Spain's telecoms watchdog saidon Friday it had provisionally set prices for Vodafone and Orange to access Telefonica's superfastinternet installations following an agreement between the threeearlier this month.
The prices offered to Orange and Vodafone to access themarket leader's fibre optic installations in individualbuildings are 18 to 24 percent below the original cost set forthe two companies by Telefonica, the regulator said.
The regulator (CMT) did not specify the new prices, sayingthey were confidential, but said they meant the operators wouldsave between 8 million euros ($10.4 million) and 14 millioneuros in their fibre optic rollouts.
The deal allows reciprocal access but is more attractive toVodafone and Orange, which said in March they would build theirown fibre optic network together and are lagging Telefonica inthe rollout.
At the end of 2012, there were 3.25 million fibre-to-home(FTTH) connections in Spain, of which 99 percent belonged toTelefonica. The number of active connections doubled in a yearto over 337,000 at the end of 2012.