1. Legal and Business Services www.btwholesale.com

2. Legal and Business Services www.btwholesale.com Standard Contract Forum 29th January 2004 John Ewbank PPC Contract Update 29th January 2004

3. Legal and Business Services www.btwholesale.com Standard Contract Forum 29th January 2004 Four PPC Product Developments affecting the contract stemming from OFTELs Phase 2 Direction (23/12/02) : 1. PPC Mixing 2. Protected Path Variant 2 3. Radio 4. Re-Use Contract changed on the web in December for new customers. Supplementals for existing customers to be released next week or so.

4. Legal and Business Services www.btwholesale.com Standard Contract Forum 29th January 2004 Unofficial “Contract Review” from pre-christmas. BT agreed to make certain amendments to the contract following a combined request from customers and consultation meeting in November. The agreed changes will find their way into the contract in February. New Supplementals for existing customers will also be released in February.

5. Legal and Business Services www.btwholesale.com Standard Contract Forum 29th January 2004 PPC Credit Vetting Consultation with OLO’s in meeting of 9th January when version 3 of the ppc credit vet policy document was discussed and worked through. Version 4 to be released in February and a new consultation meeting date set. Hope to finalise in February.

6. Legal and Business Services www.btwholesale.com Standard Contract Forum 29th January 2004 Up and coming General Review - 1.4.04 OFTELs Review of the Retail leased lines, symmetric broadband origination and wholesale trunk segments markets - includes PPC’s New regulatory regime changes