Communications regulator ComReg is proposing to designate Eircom as having significant market power in the market for wholesale broadband access.
This market relates to the provision of access to high-speed internet lines for other telecoms companies.
In a consultation paper, ComReg says it plans to maintain the existing obligations for other operators wishing to provide broadband. It is consulting on whether Eircom 'should be obliged to consider other reasonable requests for access to its network'.