More on Deutsche Telekom

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "J. Scott Marcus" <scott () SCOTTMARCUS COM>
> Date: December 4, 2009 8:28:02 AM EST
> To: CYBERTELECOM-L () LISTSERV AOL COM
> Subject: More on Deutsche Telekom
> Reply-To: Telecom Regulation & the Internet <CYBERTELECOM-L () LISTSERV AOL COM 
> >

> As promised. The European coverage is much more coherent:
> http://www.euractiv.com/en/infosociety/eu-court-sets-precedent-germany-telecoms-ruling/article-188017?_print
>
> "... In what the European Commission is calling a precedent-setting  
> case, Germany has been told to stop giving its dominant telecoms  
> operator, a former state-run monopoly, so-called regulatory holidays 
>  – a relaxation of competition rules. The ruling concerns a German l 
> aw that entered into force in 2006, which, according to the Commissi 
> on, allowed Deutsche Telekom to bypass EU rules on regulation. The C 
> ommission's rules, bolstered last month with the adoption of a new t 
> elecoms package, say markets must be subject to 'a solid, independen 
> t analysis by the national regulatory authority'. However, the Germa 
> n law foresaw such an analysis 'only in exceptional circumstances,'  
> allowing Deutsche Telekom to prevent competitors from accessing to i 
> ts new high-speed broadband network. ..."
>
> =====
>
> The ruling (have only skimmed it) is available at:
> http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=en&alljur=alljur&jurcdj=jurcdj&jurtpi=jurtpi&jurtfp=jurtfp&numaff=&nomusuel=germany&docnodecision=docnodecision&allcommjo=allcommjo&affint=affint&affclose=affclose&alldocrec=alldocrec&docor=docor&docav=docav&docsom=docsom&docinf=docinf&alldocnorec=alldocnorec&docnoor=docnoor&radtypeord=on&newform=newform&docj=docj&docop=docop&docnoj=docnoj&typeord=ALL&domaine=&mots=&resmax=100&Submit=Rechercher
>
> See also:
> http://www.faz.net/s/RubD16E1F55D21144C4AE3F9DDF52B6E1D9/Doc~E7C493B1784EB4AC69A7DEE6B69F6C768~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html
>
> This last says (my translation): "... The judge declared that Berlin  
> had constrained the competence of the Bundesnetzagentur as the  
> responsible regulatory authority in an impermissible way with the  
> law."
>
> Once again, thanks to Rich for posting this. Crazy that I have to  
> get my European news from US mailing lists and the Times!



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