NSR Policy: Creating value by retiring copper infrastructure – a policy perspective
This week, we focus entirely on the issue of where, when, and how telcos can decommission their copper lines.We addressed this issue last year, prompted by T’s comments during an investor day about its plans to decommission copper. At that time, we provided an overview of the Wheeler FCC policy and how the Pai FCC loosened up the rules to, innhis view, lower the costs of decommissioning copper and speed up fiber deployments. The current Chair, however, dissented from the order approving the Pai rules. So now the question is, what are the Rosenworcel rules for retiring copper?
AT&T is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a provider of telecommunications, media and technology services. The company's Communications segment provides wireless and wireline telecom, video and broadband services. The company's WarnerMedia segment includes media and entertainment businesses that principally develop, produce and distribute feature films, television content, and other content globally; and operate digital media properties. The company's Latin America segment provides entertainment services in Latin America and wireless services in Mexico. The company's XANDR segment relies on using data from its customer relationships, to develop digital and video advertising that is relevant to consumers.
Frontier Communications is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a provider of communications services. The company conducts business with both consumer and commercial customers. For consumer customers, the company provides broadband, video, voice and other services and products. The company delivers these services over a combination of fiber and copper-based networks. The company's commercial customers consist of: small, medium and larger enterprise customers, whereby the company provides services including broadband service, Ethernet service, circuit-based services, SD-WAN, and managed Wi-Fi; and wholesale customers, which buy both voice and data services to supplement their own network infrastructure.
Verizon Communications is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides communications, information and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses and governmental agencies. The company has two reportable segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business). The company's Consumer segment provides consumer-focused wireless and wireline communications services and products under the Verizon brand and through wholesale and other arrangements. The company's Business segment provides, among others, wireless and wireline communications services and products, video and data services, corporate networking solutions, security and managed network services.
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