Standard Contract Forum 28 April Customer Suite, BT Centre, London

Standard Contract Forum Thursday 28 April 2005 Keith Mitchinson 28 April 05

Standard Contract Forum Thursday 28 April 2005 AGENDA 1 Introduction and Notes of Previous Meeting 2 Review of New and Amended Schedules 3 Consult 21 4 PPC Update 5 Paperless Contract 6 WES/BES/RBS Update 7 Review Updates 8 Any Other Business

Standard Contract Forum Thursday 28 April 2005 DRAFT REVISED SCHEDULES: Schedule 111 – BT Local Call Fee Access Calls Schedule 112 – BT Premium Rate Service Calls Schedule 116 – BT National Call Fee Access Service Calls

Standard Contract Forum Consult21 Update Nigel Scott 28 th April 2005

Consult21 Structure External Steering Board Working Groups BTW / Co-chairs + BT Key Players Working Groups BTW / Co-chairs + BT Key Players Working Groups BTW / Co-chairs+ BT Key Players Working Groups BTW / Co-chairs + BT Key Players Working Groups BTW / Co-chairs + BT Key Players Communities of Interest : ISPs / SPs / MOLOs / AltNets BTW / Industry Co- chairs

DRAFT Reports From Working Groups Legacy InterconnectionGreen NGN InterconnectGreen NGN MSANAmber PathfinderGreen SystemsGreen Network Hooks and Common CapabilitiesGreen Product Migration – BB and LLURed Product Migration – Wholesale AccessGreen Product Migration – Private Circuits and PPCsGreen

Legacy Interconnect Working Group RAG Status GREEN Key Issues Agreement of BT commercial proposals SAN process and other cost recovery More information on Obligatory Products list and definitions Detail on Virtual IEC product Detail on BT Billing solution Absence of ‘joined up processes’ and programme management Improved ACO process Info on DLE closure programme and Metro-node locations Parenting information for DLE number ranges Contracts Industry may decline to agree to legacy proposals in the absence of NGN commercial proposal Key Milestones April Obligatory Products List meeting in April Final SAN contract text agreed May Carry consequences of commercial proposals into SIA review Issue informal Complex SANs to Pathfinder opt in parties 6th May: Respond to concerns on duration of legacy proposals

NGN Interconnect Working Group RAG Status GREEN Key Issues NGN Interconnect Standard Timescales Timelines for BT commercial proposals Lack of clarity on the regulatory framework which will be raised at Steering Board by co-chair Key Milestones April NGN Commercial scenarios meeting held on the 22 April NGN I/X Contract Workshop with industry May Review IP I/X initial product definition with industry June Review draft NGN contract text with industry July TSG to:- Specify the signalling for IP interconnect Identify the protocols needed to support signalling (SCTP/UDP) Identify issues for input to the appropriate international standards body. If required, produce NICC documents on the transport and physical aspects of IP interconnect

MSAN Working Group RAG Status AMBER Key Issues Technical complexity / multiple vendors Availability of expert resources Obtaining industry wide agreement to outputs of experts group Key Milestones April 18 April Full MSAN WG to endorse experts group work on MSAN PoH Further progress to be made on requirements for MSAN Voice Access Industry to provide comments by 6 May May 17 May: Full MSAN WG to endorse experts group work on Voice access Present complete requirements document to BT / NGN WG for commercial evaluation June Report back from BT to NGN WG on commercial evaluation

Pathfinder Working Group RAG Status GREEN Key Issues 1 st August planned date means detailed programme plan for migration from DLE to NGS needs to be built Comms/PR Plan – Joe Kelly to work with Industry nominees RBWF – will CCBS be supported as a TDM capability in ISUP and can protocol conversion take place. Expert meeting to take place Commercial, product, technical, service etc. issues from Industry being collated to enable first draft of launch plan Will 21CN OSS be ready for Pathfinder Will NGN Interconnect be available for 1 st August 2006 Key Milestones April Terms of Reference redrafted 1 st August 2006 confirmed within WG meeting May Initial programme plan to be agreed with Industry 16 th May Working Group meeting to progress Pathfinder programme planning Agree new Terms of Reference with Industry Steering Board

Systems Working Group RAG Status Green Key Issues Need more detail on the architectural approach, especially in relation to the interactions and language that will be used. If new standards need to be developed, who will do this? Who will own them? What is the timescale to implement? What are the migration principles? Plan for post 30 th April once agreement reached on Principles Industry anxious to get involved in detailed OSS planning for Products once Principles agreed Need to agree timetable for OSS development Key Milestones April Industry to respond on Framework document prior to workshop on 20th April Agree Systems Architecture & Interface Principles by 30 th April May Commence development of OSS roadmap for 21CN and legacy product portfolio 17 th May WG meeting to develop roadmap and programme plan

Network Hooks & Common Capabilities Working Group RAG Status Green Key Issues Suggested use of TISPAN & IMS for Standards Addressing/numbering, Authentication/security Commercials for BT providing Capabilities to Industry customers Need to plan for Product development once overall principles agreed Key Milestones April WG 11 th April to progress Industry requirements for Capabilities BT presented on IMS model as a possible model for developing Capabilities in 21CN May Draft Principles document to aid closure of initial period of consultation Build upon possible products and end user services scoping document 10 th May WG meeting to develop and agree Principles and Portfolio plan

Broadband & LLU Working Group RAG Status = RED Key Issues: Too may unknowns and too little hard information. Clarity required on BES backhaul Commercial Timeline. More information needed on BTW 21CN costs and the translation to commercial pricing LLU Commercials. Clarify where these are being agreed More focus is needed on Datastream More detail on the migration between IPS, DS and LLU Platforms within 21CN What does closure look like and is Dec 2005 the right date? What will this or a future forum look like when we move to the implementation stage? Key progress: Achieved a level of granularity on IPS, DS and LLU within 21CN We have a better handle on the timeline of the phases leading to Pathfinder and then to Mass Migration 3 Meetings held and minuted with APs discharged on schedule Scope and ToRs agreed Co-Chair agreed Future schedule of meetings agreed for the next 3 months.

Wholesale Access Working Group RAG Status Green Key Issues No material issues arising from migration of existing WLR portfolio to 21CN. Working Group would like to explore how the WLR portfolio can potentially be developed further in a 21CN environment. Revised ToR’s required for new scope of Working Group. Key Milestones April Co-chairs to consider requirement for further meetings and present revised ToR’s to Consult21 Steering Group / Industry Steering Board for approval. May New Working Group established

Private Circuits and PPC Working Group RAG Status Green Key Issues BT to confirm how 34 Mbit/s will be delivered. BT to confirm position on stranded investment – Industry asked that where buildings close Interconnects will remain honoured with BT bearing cost of backhaul in perpetuity Industry also asked that where existing Voice ISIs disappear whether these could be used for PPC interconnect points Key Milestones April Agree high level milestones with Industry Confirm WG scope & method of closure at SB May Industry WG 26 th May Clarify Stranded Assets issue

Some Key Issues Timescales of 21CN programme Programme Management of migration activity – Pathfinder and beyond Lack of information and understanding about costs and pricing structure / prices in the new world. IP-IP interconnect is important and challenging Effective customer engagement The impact of Ofcom’s strategic review, and the NGN Consultation document, may affect direction

Thank You Any Questions?

STANDARD CONTRACTS FORUM 1. Radio Base Station Backhaul Service (RBS) 2. Wholesale Extension Service (WES) 3. Backhaul Extension Service (BES) 4. Partial Private Circuits (PPC) 28 th April 2005 John Ewbank

RADIO BASE STATION BACKHAUL SERVICE (RBS) 1.Stems from LLMR. 2.Available to MNO’s only. 3.Notification of Service was provided on 13 th December. Added to Reference Offer website on that date. 4.Service launch (available for Orders) from 10 th January Consultation begun in December 04. Completed on 11 th February All contracts signed – all progressing migration of circuits.

RADIO BASE STATION BACKHAUL SERVICE (RBS) Backhaul call site traffic to their (MNO) switching centre. No third party involvement - all activity confined to the MNO network. Available in the UK at 128Kbit/s – 920Kbit/s & 2Mbit/s 1024Kbit/s is available for Migration only. Product has many synergies with PPC’s.

WHOLESALE EXTENSION SERVICE (WES) 1. Stems from LLMR. 2. Available to PECNs only. 3. BT published its Reference Offer on 15 th October BT launch WES on 26 th November Between 7 th Dec 04 and 17 th March 05 the contract was in Review with a contracts sub-group set up under the chairmanship of C&W to review the WES contract. 6. After lengthy discussions the contract was agreed on 17 th March 05. Issue 2.0 of the contract was added to the Reference Offer website on that date. As part of that agreement BT recognises that certain issues will be addressed as part of the next Contract Review to occur 5 months into the contract.

BACKHAUL EXTENSION SERVICE (BES) 1.Available to LLUOs and PECNs (selling to LLUOs) only. 2.BT has proposed a change to the contract to bring it into line with the ‘WES and RBS models’. An opportune time as contract was shortly to be amended to cater for product developments. 3. Contract to be dealt with away from the LLU Contracts Group as per terms of reference of the LLU Contracts Group. In addition time constraints and present workload of the LLU Contract Group mean it would not be practical to hold contract discussions surrounding BES in that forum. 4. Following notification the first contracts meeting held on Friday 22 nd April. 5.BT’s first task is to produce an analysis comparing the LLU Backhaul contract and the new proposed document, highlighting differences. 6.Next Contract Meeting scheduled for 12 th May.

PARTIAL PRIVATE CIRCUITS (PPCs) Latest PPC Supplemental Agreement (March 2005) Raised because of : 1.LLMR and regulatory status changes Affected documents – main body, Annex B, Annex C Schedule 03, Annex D, Annex E, Annex F. 2.Product Developments PPC CSH ATM Mixing, Central London Zone product, Cessation period adjustments, 622 withdrawl, C&W tweaks to existing developments.

PARTIAL PRIVATE CIRCUITS (PPCs) Affected documents – Annex A, Annex C Schedules and new Schedule 05, AnnexD, Annex E. Content of changes agreed at the contracts meeting of 14 th December 2004.

“Paperless” Contract Richard Jones Commercial Group manager BT Wholesale Markets Trial Commencing with a sample group of BTW Customers. Possible ‘Launch’ Autumn 2005

“Paperless” Contract - Distributing all contract documentation electronically. - Introducing signature on one page - referring out to adobe documents.

What it is.  Replacement of hard copy being sent out, returned and sent back by post.  E mail communication of the existing contract documentation (not a new contract nor “e-signatures”)  Other existing processes untouched. What it’s not.  A change to BT’s contract.

What is the proposed change?  Each contract document is converted to PDF.(Adobe)  Adobe offers a higher a level of document integrity.  The contractual signatory page is sent as a ‘Word’ doc.  PDFs and Word doc sent to Customer Via E mail.  Customer returns ‘signed’ word doc back with all PDFs to BT. (or faxes back)  BT also signs the word doc signature page.  BT return final set of documents zipped together to create a “set”.

Existing Contract Documents

Signature Page (new) Signature Page

CM Produces Contract as Per existing Process CM Produces set of Adobe Files for a. The Pricing Letter. b. The Contract c. The Schedules. Start CM Produces a ‘ Word’ doc for The Contractual Documentation Signature Page The CM E mails the complete contract including the word doc to the CP. CM receives by E mail the signed Contract documentation from the CP. Complete set of signed contractual documentation Zipped and e mailed to CP for their records. DMA / Contractual conditions in place for the work to progress as normal. End

Improvement. Time spent waiting for the mail. Simplified distribution. A move towards the future. Potential quicker implementation of DMAs. Environmentally friendly.

Any Questions ?

Standard Contract Forum Thursday 28 April 2005 Keith Mitchinson 28 April 05

Standard Contract Forum Thursday 28 April 2005 AIT Review -> “external” advice -> Storyboard (June 2004) Proposals Improved Definitions Two levels of “evidence” More structured approach Clear and timelined process Direct dealing between ONO and TNO (Transit) Dispute resolution process Where now? Where next?