GEN072/20

GEN072/20 SML4 price increase

22/09/2020 For Information

This briefing is for all Communications Providers (CPs).

This briefing is to inform CPs about a price increase on Service Maintenance Level 4 (SML4) across all WLR, LLU and NGA products.

Openreach would like to notify CPs of an increase to Service Maintenance Level 4 (SML4) pricing across WLR, LLU and NGA products effective 1 January 2021.

This price increase is being implemented with a 90-day notification following discussion with Industry at the Copper & Fibre Products Commercial Group (CFPCG) in July and August 2020.

As communicated to CPs at the CFPCG, this will be the first of two increases to SML4 prices, with the second being implemented in April 2021. A 90-day notification will also precede the implementation of the second price increase.

The SML4 price increase will apply as follows:

Product	SML4 current price (annual rental)	SML4 new price (annual rental) effective 1 Jan 2021
WLR Basic¹	£53.04	£65.04
WLR Premium, ISDN2 (per line), LLU, NGA²	£37.20	£60.00
SOGEA, SOGfast^1,2	£53.04	£65.04
ISDN30 (per channel)³	£24.00	£24.00

Corresponding increases to Multi-level Expedites to SML4 will apply as follows:

Expedite repair from	Current price	New price effective 1 Jan 2021
SML1 to SML4	£500	£630
SML2 to SML4	£450	£580
SML Business 2 Plus to SML4	£450	£480
SML3 to SML4	£100	£220
SML3 to SML4 - ISDN30³	£700	£700

Notes:

WLR Basic, SOGEA & SOGfast line rentals include SML1, whereas WLR Premium, ISDN2, LLU and other NGA line rentals include SML2. To reflect this difference, SML3 & SML4 annual rental charges on WLR Basic, SOGEA & SOGfast include a supplemental charge of £5.04.
SML4 to launch on Gfast, SOGEA and SOGfast on 21 October 2020.
No change to SML4 charges on ISDN30

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