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Standard Contract Forum
28 April 2005
13.30
Customer Suite, BT Centre, London
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Standard Contract Forum
Thursday 28 April 2005
Keith Mitchinson
28 April 05
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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
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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
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Consult21 Update
Nigel Scott
28th April 2005
Consult21 Structure
External Steering
Board
Working
Groups
BTW /
Co-chairs+
BT Key
Players
Working
Groups
BTW /
Co-chairs +
BT Key
Players
BTW / Industry Cochairs
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
DRAFT Reports From Working Groups
Legacy Interconnection
Green
NGN Interconnect
Green
NGN MSAN
Amber
Pathfinder
Green
Systems
Green
Network Hooks and Common Capabilities
Green
Product Migration – BB and LLU
Red
Product Migration – Wholesale Access
Green
Product Migration – Private Circuits and PPCs
Green
Legacy Interconnect Working Group
RAG Status GREEN
Key Milestones
April
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
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
Key Milestones
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
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 Milestones
April
Key Issues
Technical complexity / multiple
vendors
Availability of expert resources
Obtaining industry wide
agreement to outputs of
experts group
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 Milestones
Key Issues
1st
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
April
Terms of Reference redrafted
1st August 2006 confirmed within WG
meeting
May
Initial programme plan to be agreed
with Industry
Commercial, product, technical,
service etc. issues from Industry
being collated to enable first draft of
launch plan
16th May Working Group meeting to
progress Pathfinder programme
planning
Will 21CN OSS be ready for Pathfinder
Agree new Terms of Reference with
Industry Steering Board
Will NGN Interconnect be available for
1st August 2006
Systems Working Group
RAG Status Green
Key Milestones
April
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 30th 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
Industry to respond on Framework
document prior to workshop on 20th
April
Agree Systems Architecture & Interface
Principles by 30th April
May
Commence development of OSS
roadmap for 21CN and legacy
product portfolio
17th May WG meeting to develop
roadmap and programme plan
Network Hooks & Common Capabilities Working Group
RAG Status Green
Key Milestones
April
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
WG 11th 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
10th 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.
Key progress:
Achieved a level of granularity on IPS,
DS and LLU within 21CN
Clarity required on BES backhaul
We have a better handle on the timeline
of the phases leading to Pathfinder and
then to Mass Migration
Commercial Timeline. More information
needed on BTW 21CN costs and the
translation to commercial pricing
3 Meetings held and minuted with APs
discharged on schedule
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?
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 Milestones
April
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.
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 Milestones
April
Key Issues
Agree high level milestones with Industry
BT to confirm how 34 Mbit/s will be
delivered.
Confirm WG scope & method of closure
at SB
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
May
Industry also asked that where
existing Voice ISIs disappear
whether these could be used for
PPC interconnect points
Industry WG 26th 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)
28th April 2005
John Ewbank
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RADIO BASE STATION BACKHAUL SERVICE (RBS)
1. Stems from LLMR.
2. Available to MNO’s only.
3. Notification of Service was provided on 13th December. Added to
Reference Offer website on that date.
4. Service launch (available for Orders) from 10th January 2005.
5. Consultation begun in December 04. Completed on 11th February 05.
6. 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 15th October 04.
4. BT launch WES on 26th November 04.
5. Between 7th Dec 04 and 17th 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 17th 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 22nd
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 12th 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 01-04 and new
Schedule 05, AnnexD, Annex E.
Content of changes agreed at the contracts meeting of 14th 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
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“Paperless” Contract
- Distributing all contract documentation electronically.
- Introducing signature on one page
- referring out to adobe documents.
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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 receives by E mail the signed
Contract documentation from the CP.
Start
CM Produces Contract as Per existing
Process
CM Produces set of Adobe Files for
a. The Pricing Letter.
b. The Contract
c. The Schedules.
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.
CM Produces a ‘ Word’ doc for
The Contractual Documentation
Signature Page
End
The CM E mails the complete contract
including the word doc to the CP.
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
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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?
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