22/03/2022    For Information 

This briefing is for all Communications Providers (CPs).

This briefing is to inform all CPs about a special offer to support the trials of accelerated migrations to GEA-FTTP in the next six months.

Openreach is pleased to announce a 6-month special offer on GEA-FTTP connection charges to support the trials testing the concept of accelerated migrations to FTTP for CP’s existing end customers.

Openreach has been discussing with CPs the accelerated adoption of FTTP and has worked with CPs to develop concepts on how Openreach can support faster migration of existing end customers onto the FTTP platform.

The two migration scenarios which Openreach will be testing with CPs are “Proactive” migrations and “Reactive” migrations:

• The Proactive migrations trial will involve CPs pro-actively identifying existing end customer cohorts to migrate to FTTP in local areas and Openreach testing operational capability to support a higher level of installations
• The Reactive migrations trial, also known as Fault to Fibre migrations, will involve, if the CP chooses to, migrating existing end customers to FTTP at the point they contact their CP to flag a fault on their existing copper line. These Reactive migration trials will be only available in Northern Ireland.

The special offer is a discount of £25 on the prevailing GEA-FTTP connection price, for all existing CP end customers migrated to FTTP during the trial period, subject to meeting the requirements set out in the Terms and Conditions and Trial Scope.

This discount only applies to Standard Managed Install. If the CP orders a Premium Managed Install product, the published list price differential set out in the Openreach Price List between the Standard Connection Price and the price of the Premium Managed Install products will be payable in addition to any connection price.

The special offer discount will not apply to:

• New to Openreach network orders, generated in the trials during the trial period
• New acquisition orders, generated in the trials during the trial period

CPs should contact their client partnership manager if they'd like to participate. CPs can request to participate in the trials at any point during the offer period, but the discount will only apply on orders placed within the trial period and that meet the requirements detailed in the trial Terms and Conditions and Trial Scope.

Interested CPs may request a copy of the Terms and Conditions for further information and these will be available from 31 March 2022.

This briefing provides 28 days’ notice of a pricing special offer on connection charges for trials of accelerated migrations to GEA FTTP for 6 months from the effective date.

This briefing supports ACCN OR774.

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If you've any questions about this briefing please get in touch with your business development manager who’ll be happy to help

This briefing was updated on 25/03/2022 to clarify that the Fault to Fibre trial is only available in Northern Ireland.