Press Release: Commission gives green light for access of new market entrants to Deutsche Telekom’s broadband networks

In a letter sent on 21 August 2006 to the German telecom regulator Bundesnetzagentur (“BNetzA”), the Commission endorses, with comments, a regulatory measure proposed by BNetzA that will give new market entrants high-speed access to end-customers (or bitstream access) via the broadband networks of Deutsche Telekom. This measure is meant to remedy the position of dominance of Deutsche Telekom on the German broadband market, identified by BNetzA already in December 2005 in agreement with the Commission (see IP/05/1708). The Commission welcomes in particular that the remedy proposed now requires bitstream access regardless of the technology used by Deutsche Telekom (ADSL2, ADSL2+, SDSL and VDSL). In its comments, the Commission asks the German regulator to ensure that the remedy is applied without further delay, in line with EU law, and that final clarifications are made in the interest of legal certainty on the German broadband market.

European Commission: DG Communication: MEMO/06/308 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/308&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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