Oftel expressed concern but said it could not insist on the inclusion of the sentence. It was agreed to delete the sentence and check that issues concerning resellers and other third parties are covered in the Operator Code of Practice. How to use the bands. Contractual forecast time frames. It was discussed that the 12 month rolling forecasts should be in monthly slots, the first 3 months being contractually binding with the last 9 months being indicative only.
Operators feel that currently forecasting is too restrictive.
BT made the point that they need adequate time to put sufficient resources into place. It was also discussed that the forecasting procedure needs to be simplified. AM would co-ordinate comments from Operators and liaise with BT to finalise the text. Last meeting on the 14th June. The end to end process manual has been agreed and signed off.