INCA has responded to the government’s proposed Statement of Strategic Priorities (SSP) for Ofcom, welcoming its more directive tone and its emphasis on infrastructure-based competition as the primary driver of consumer benefit in broadband.
The SSP sets out the government’s strategic expectations for Ofcom and carries significant weight in how the regulator prioritises its work programme. INCA has long argued that Ofcom has historically favoured service-level competition on BT’s network over genuine infrastructure competition — and that this has held back the benefits that competitive fibre networks deliver.
Our response calls on the government to hold Ofcom accountable for delivering on the SSP’s pro-competition priorities, to mandate Equivalence of Inputs for BT’s Physical Infrastructure Access product, and to ensure Ofcom treats telecoms as a standalone priority rather than grouping it with postal regulation.
The full response is available on our Resources page.