“The proposal of AGCOM to consult a price adjustment of regulated wholesale access services for 2023″ is an initial response “to the need to reflect in prices the increase in costs deriving from the changed macroeconomic scenario”. “The indications received from the Authority for 2023 bring Italian prices closer to those already in force in 2022 in other large European countries (France, Germany and Great Britain)”. According to a spokesman for Tim, questioned by ANSA on the resolution published yesterday by Agcom, which is launching a consultation on the prices of wholesale access services.
In particular, for 2022, the current year, the access prices would remain unchanged compared to 2021, while for the following year the Authority makes some differences: the copper prices, those of the decrease fiber. For example, the price of the Slu, a sort of lease on Tim's secondary network, for copper would rise by 23,5% in 2023 while the Vula Fttc, a sort of lease for the mixed fibre-copper, would rise by 8,6 %. Otherwise, the Vula FTTH, on the other hand, would drop by 7,9%.
“Even in the retail sector, introducing a periodic price adjustment mechanism correlated to the trend of the inflation rate is essential for the stability of the telecommunications sector. This is an adjustment already consolidated in many European markets, including Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden e UK, which will allow the company to continue to offer its customers high quality standards and service innovation, even in a context of rising costs of production factors”, concludes the spokesperson.
Now, on the Authority's proposal, therefore, the public consultation opens. Meanwhile, on the theme of co-investments proposed by Tim, there could be some news at the Agcom table on 19 October.
