LONDON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - BT will have to open upmore of its network to rivals and meet tougher targets on fixingfaults, the regulator said, but it stopped short of recommendingthat Britain's biggest telecoms group should be split up.
Ofcom said BT should reduce its grip on the network thatprovides broadband to millions of British homes, both throughBT's own services and those of rivals.
Competitors including TalkTalk, Vodafone and Sky, which rely on Openreach's lines to deliverbroadband, wanted the regulator to split up the company, sayingOpenreach would not improve networks and service as part of BT.
Ofcom, however, stopped short of recommending a split,although it did not rule it out in future.
Chief Executive Sharon White said: "Today we've announcedfundamental reform of the telecoms market - more competition, anew structure for Openreach, tougher performance targets, and arange of measures to boost service quality." (Reporting by Paul Sandle; editing by Sarah Young)
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