LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Britain's telecoms regulator said
it would "supercharge" investment in fibre broadband networks
with major proposals to change regulation of the national
Openreach network owned by BT.
The new regime, which spans 2021-2026, will see different
regulation for urban and rural areas which Ofcom said would help
ensure nobody gets left behind.
Ofcom said it would also ease regulation on Openreach's
ageing copper network in areas where full fibre is rolled out so
BT does not have the cost of running two networks and to
encourage customers to switch to faster services under the
proposals.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; editing by Kate Holton)