One possibility is that Telstra will agree to the “functional separation” of its retail and wholesale business, replicating the deal struck in 2005 in Britain between BT and its regulator, Ofcom[3].

一种可能是，澳洲电信将同意把零售和批发业务“功能分离”，复制2005年在英国由英国电信（BT）及其监管机构Ofcom达成的协议 。

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Oftel has rejected a suggestion that the network of BT Group PLC should be separated from its retail business.

Oftel拒绝了一份认为英国电信集团的网络部分应与其零售业务分离的提议。

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BT has a global services as well as a retail division.

BT拥有一个世界范围内的服务理念以及销售零售部。

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Delivery of the new increased speeds by BT Retail will help to achieve the government's stated ambition for the UK to have the best super-fast broadband network in Europe by 2015.

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"We are delighted to have reached agreement with ESPN for the acquisition of their UK channels business and that we have been able to add some exciting new sports rights to the ones we already have, " said Marc Watson, chief executive of television, BT Retail.

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But BT says its own-brand broadband from its retail division is also caning the opposition, winning 64% of new connections in the last quarter.

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