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OPTA issues 51 admonitions for maximum rate information infringement
OPTA, the Dutch independent Post and Telecommunications Authority, issued 51 admonitions to users of premium rate (0900) phone numbers costing at least 15 cents per minute for failing to inform their callers of the maximum rate of each call upon … -
OPTA imposes fine of over 100,000 EUR on distributors MSN worm
OPTA, the Dutch Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority, today imposed fines amounting to more than 100,000 euros on two distributors of adware and spyware through Windows Live Messenger, better known as MSN. These individuals unlawfully … -
OPTA imposes sanctions in order to halt cybercrime
Enterprisers must cease illegal advertising on the Internet The Commission of the Dutch Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (OPTA) has imposed three conditional penalties on two enterprisers to ensure that they cease distributing unsolicited … -
OPTA fines KPN EUR 1.6 million for contravening the Telecommunications
KPN’s disclosures to OPTA are incomplete The Commission of the Dutch Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (OPTA) has imposed a fine of EUR 1.6 million on Koninklijke KPN N.V. The reason for this is that KPN had not requested or received … -
OPTA fines KPN EUR 2.88 million for contravening the Telecommunications Act
The Commission of the Dutch Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (OPTA) has imposed fines totalling EUR 2.88 million on Koninklijke KPN N.V. The reason for this is that KPN has failed to report agreements with two customers active in the … -
OPTA: Fine of EUR 1 million for distributing undesired software
22 million computers infected with DollarRevenue software The OPTA Commission has imposed a fine totalling EUR 1 million on three Dutch enterprises and their two directors, because they installed software on more than 22 million computers belonging to … -
Number portability is working increasingly better: Only Debitel has forfeited a penalty
Virtually all of the mobile operators are complying with the requirements for number portability (taking one’s own telephone number from one provider to another). This is evident from the reports which these providers are required to submit to OPTA. Only … -
OPTA imposes a penalty on KPN: KPN is giving preferential treatment to its own business unit
OPTA has imposed a penalty of €375,000.00 on KPN Telecom BV. The reason for this penalty lies in OPTA’s discovery that it had contravened the provisions of the Telecommunications Act and the European directive on unbundled access to the local loop. … -
Final conditional penalty imposed on mobile operators in connection with mobile phone number portability
OPTA has imposed a final conditional penalty on all mobile telecommunication service providers. By doing so, OPTA is seeking to ensure that the process of switching from one provider to another while retaining one’s telephone number (number portability) … -
OPTA imposes a penalty on KPN in the Denda case
By imposing a conditional penalty on KPN, OPTA hopes to compel the latter to supply its subscribers’ details to Denda Multimedia within several days. The latter requires this information in order to publish a telephone directory on CD-ROM. As of 10 …