Engineering:Wholesale line rental
Wholesale line rental (WLR) is a service in which a telecommunications operator takes control of all the connections made through a telephone line from the native operator and collects the subscription fee from the subscribers.[1][2]
With WLR the alternative telecoms provider buys a wholesale product from the incumbent (usually in conjunction with a wholesale call product such as CPS) and is then able to produce a single bill for the end user covering calls and line rental. Broadband services can also be provided by the WLR operator (and included in a single bill) if a separate wholesale DSL product is purchased from the incumbent, but this is optional.
As part of the United Kingdom PSTN switch-off, BT Openreach is due to retire its Wholesale Line Rental service.[3] Providers are expected to implement Voice over IP to replace copper PSTN voice and ISDN connections.[4]
References
- ↑ "What is Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) for Business? | AdEPT" (in en-US). 2020-12-24. https://www.adept.co.uk/what-is-wholesale-line-rental-wlr-for-business/.
- ↑ "How to switch your broadband supplier - A Complete Guide | thinkbroadband". https://www.thinkbroadband.com/guides/broadband-switching-and-migration-guide.
- ↑ "Openreach puts the stopper on copper". https://www.openreach.com/news-and-opinion/2023/openreach-change-telephone-network.
- ↑ "BT Switch Off 2025" (in en-US). https://commsconnect.co.uk/bt-switch-off-2025/.
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