KPN tells OPTA that capacity shortfall has been resolved

OPTA has been told by KPN that the capacity shortfall plaguing the latter’s network has been resolved. KPN says that it again has enough interconnections to supply to its competitors. OPTA now wants to hear from the telecommunications companies, whether this is also actually happening.

At the end of April OPTA had demanded that KPN resolve the capacity shortfall besetting its telephone network by no later than 1 July. As of that date KPN was required to comply again with its legal duty to provide interconnections to its competitors.

KPN recently reported to OPTA that it had the capacity shortfall under control. The company says that it again has sufficient interconnection capacity to provide to its competitors. KPN also says that it is busy introducing structural measures which are intended to prevent any potential capacity shortfall in the future.

One of the measures proposed by KPN is to separate Internet traffic from other telephone calls. OPTA has asked KPN to indicate how it wishes to achieve this separation and when it is supposed to occur. OPTA has also pointed out to KPN that it must now comply in full with its legal duty to provide interconnections.

OPTA wants to know from KPN’s competitors whether they are of the opinion, that the capacity shortfall has really been resolved, and if they are also receiving the interconnections that they request. In addition, OPTA has asked these companies what they think of KPN’s proposal to separate Internet traffic.