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BNetzA issues Annual report
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The German NRA issued its 2012 Annual report (see the press release).
Commission consults on amended GBER on state aid measures
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The European Commission launched its consultation on its draft amended General Block Exemption Regulation (the GBER) on state aid measures (see related page).
Commission sends SOs to Motorola on potential misuse of mobile phone standard-essential patents
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"The European Commission has informed Motorola Mobility of its preliminary view that the company's seeking and enforcing of an injunction against Apple in Germany on the basis of its mobile phone standard-essential patents ("SEPs") amounts to an a...
Commission objects Austrian regulator's wholesale terminating segments leased lines market review
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The European Commission opened phase II regarding RTR's wholesale terminating segments leased lines market review. The Commission object's the regulator's product market definition and SMP assessment (see the press release and the decision for more d...
OFCOM opens investigations against BT for alleged margin squeeze in superfast broadband
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"Ofcom has received a complaint from TTG alleging that BT has been abusing a dominant position in breach of the Chapter II prohibition in the Act and Article 102 TFEU in relation to the supply of superfast broadband (‘SFBB’). Specifica...
FCC adopts cots model regarding Phase II
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"In the USF/ICC Transformation Order, the Commission comprehensively reformed and modernized the universal service and intercarrier compensation systems to maintain voice service and extend broadband-capable infrastructure. As part of the reform, the...
Polish watchdog finds ITI Neovision broke the law by unilaterally altering its satellite television programmes offer
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"ITI Neovision broke the law by launching „nc+” offer and informing about its terms and conditions – decided the President of UOKiK and consequently ordered to eliminate without delay the results of contested practice towards its...
ANCOM publishes framework decision regarding access of providers in private land
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"...the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has published on its website the Framework-Agreement for the access on the private property for the purpose of the installation, maintenance, replacement or relocatio...
New Dutch super-authority issues Market Outlook, draft Strategy Plan and Key 2013 Priorities
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ACM issued its Market Outlook, draft Strategy Plan and Key 2013 Priorities...
ARCEP seeks Commision's approval on proposed prolongation of 2010 leased lines market analysis
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The French NRA requested the Commission's approval to extend its 2010 leased lines (market 6) market analysi till 1 July 2014 (see press release and draft decision, in french).
PTS issues follow up on the goals and action areas of the Government’s broadband strategy
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The Swedish NRA issued a follow up Report on the goals and action areas of the Government’s broadband strategy from 2009 (see press release).
EETT consults on OTE's provision of the VPU product
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The Greek NRA launched its consultation as regards the provision of the incumbent's Virtual Partial Unbundling product (see press release and document, in greek).
EETT consults on old markets 3 and 5 draft market analysis
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The Greek NRA launched its consultation concerning its draft market analysis of the market of fixed publicly available local and/or national telephone services prodided to residential and non-residential customers (see press release and document, in...
Maltese NRA consults on review of must-carry obligations
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"On the 2nd of December, 2011, the MCA issued guidelines on how it would determine must-carry obligations. On the basis of those guidelines, in February 2012 the MCA designated Melita Cable as having must-carry obligations on both its cable...
Commission's Art. 7 Comments to the Austrian NRA on the latter's draft fixed call origination market analysis
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The European Commission made the following comments, in its decision addressed to TKK on the latter's draft fixed call origination market analysis:"Change of pricing methodology and resulting significant increase of wholesale call origination r...
Commission's Art. 7 Comments to the Swedish NRA on the latter's draft broadcasting transmission services review
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The European Commission made the following comments, in its decision addressed to PTS on the latter's draft reviews of wholesale market for free TV over the terrestrial platform and that for national analogue broadcasting radio:"Need to monitor marke...
Commission's staff working document “Report on the implementation of the e-commerce action plan” has been released
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"The Commission published a report on progress made in the implementation of the e-commerce action plan" (see related page).
Art. 29 WP issues Opinion on DPIA Template for smart grid and smart metering systems
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The Art. 29 Working Party issued its opinion "on the Data Protection Impact Assessment Template for Smart Grid and Smart Metering Systems (‘DPIA Template’) prepared by Expert Group 2 of the Commission’s Smart Grid Task...
Art. 29 WP adopts explanatory document on procesor binding corporate rules
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"The European data protection authorities, assembled in the Article 29 Working Party (WP29), adopted an explanatory document on Processor BCR in order to further explain the principles and elements to be found in Processor BCR set out in the Working...
