INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Openreach has kicked off the beginning of the end for analogue phone lines with the launch of a major consultation process.The company has
analogue phone network.Parent BT has made it clear it wants to migrate all users from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to IP by
2025 so its voice services can compete better with over the top (OTT) like Skype and WhatsApp.Whereas PSTN requires a complex network of
physical lines, IP services only need the Internet to function
This means communications providers could simply deliver a digital voice service over the top of a more modern broadband system.Digital
moveSeveral Openreach services, including Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) and ISDN), rely on PSTN and therefore it wants to gain the views of
its 600-strong customer base.It plans to offer a transitional product called Single Order Transitional Access Product (SOTAP), as well as
two new products that do not require a bundled telephone line
broadband technology across Britain, and we expect to reach three million premises by the end of 2020
