by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Netherlands
In Oct 2004, KPN, the fixed incumbent operator in The Netherlands, filed an application with the regulatory authority OPTA to request the regulator’s approval of a “migration fee” for converting end-user access lines from shared access to full...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Netherlands
A rather remarkable Decision was published yesterday on the website of OPTA, the Dutch regulatory authority. The Decision has important implications with regard to the wholesale market for Access and Call Origination on Public Mobile Telephone Networks (Market 15)....
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Netherlands
The Dutch Council of Ministers has, upon the initiative of Minister Brinkhorst (Economic Affairs, also in charge of telecommunications), agreed to amend the Competition Act in order to prevent public authorities and the public sector from competing with the commercial...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Netherlands
The Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven – CBB) has granted the appeals filed against the OPTA decisions of 14 Nov 2005 and 31 May 2006 relating to the wholesale markets for voice call termination on individual...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Netherlands
The Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven – CBB) has today published its reasoning for granting part of the appeals that were filed against the OPTA decisions of 14 Nov 2005 and 31 May 2006 relating to the wholesale...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Netherlands
The Dutch regulatory authority OPTA has published a letter which it has addressed to KPN (public version with sections marked as “business confidential”) regarding its position on KPN’s tariff proposal for a new retail service named Flat Rate Internet Access Call...
