Today’s news, that Telenor and TeliaSonera are going to abandon the planned merge of their Danish assets, will play a pivotal role in the incoming years. The nordic companies have decided to […]
The European Parliament opens the eyes over lack of competition in European telecoms
Today the European Parliament voted an important motion for resolution on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy. The report concerns, inter alia, the competitiveness situation in the European Telecom sector. The European […]
The new US order about net neutrality and Internet, and the impact upon Europe
The FCC, the US regulator for telecoms and Internet, will soon adopt a fundamental decision in the matter of telecom and Internet regulation: as anticipated by various sources, US broadband access will […]
The European Commission stops easy consolidation in the telecom markets
The European Commission has started a Phase II investigation regarding an envisaged concentration in the Spanish telecommunications market, regarding the acquisition of Jazztel (a pure fixed operator) by Orange (a Spanish subsidiary […]
Broadband rural development: the “déjà vu” from the European Commission
While people are still speculating about what will be the approach of the new European Commission to boost investments in broadband, Mr. Oettinger – the (German) commissioner for the Digital Agenda – […]
The new relevant market recommendation: Kroes playing the last (deregulatory) trump
The European Commission has published the new recommendation on relevant markets, i.e. the document which will guide the national regulators (“NRAs”) in assessing competition in the EU and imposing regulatory remedies such […]
Telefonica/KPN: hard time for consolidation and weddings in the mobile market
The Competition directorate of the European Commission, lead by Joachim Almunia, has started an in-depth analysis of the proposed merger between the German mobile branches of Telefonica and KPN. The procedure, so […]
The European telecom regulators reject the Single Market proposal
(See below the Update of October 17, 2013, concerning the final opinion of Berec) Berec, the European agency based in Riga representing the national telecom regulators (such as AGCOM, ARCEP, OFCOM ecc) […]
European Single Market: the honeymoon between Kroes and big telcos is over
Background: the European Commission intends to radically reform the regulatory framework for electronic communications services, in order to overcome the current fragmentation (28 countries and respective markets) and create a Single European […]
Net neutrality and competition: the European Commission shakes the European market
The European Commission has started investigations over dominant European ISPs (at least Orange, Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica) in order to verify whether they are abusing of their dominant position in the broadband […]
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