Germany’s Deutsche Telekom Wed. rejected European Union proposals...
Germany’s Deutsche Telekom Wed. rejected European Union proposals for telecom companies to separate their networks from their services to stimulate competition. The plan would include examining benefits of that separation, particularly in areas like broadband Internet. A Deutsche Telekom…
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spokesman said “Commissioner [Viviane] Reding is basing the discussion she has raised about structural separation of networks and the services provided over them on… competition problems.” He cited a positive view of the market in a European Commission report earlier this year on implementation of telecom laws in 25 member states. Reding and Deutsche Telekom, which have a history of disputes, are battling over regulation of a new high-speed broadband network Deutsche Telekom has begun to build. Ms. Reding reiterated a threat to act against the German government unless its draft law, which protects Deutsche Telekom, is changed.