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OPTA: Final obstacle to competition in the fixed telephony market has been removed. Freedom of choice could yield €50.00 to €100.00 per annum.
As of tomorrow it will also be possible to choose from a variety of telephone companies to make local calls. At present they account for approximately 60% of the costs of all domestic calls. Until now there has been virtually no competition in relation to … -
OPTA: Competition must be possible in relation to telephone number 118
KPN is not offering the 118 telephone number as a self-financing telephone inquiries service. This is impeding competition in relation to this service and is making it difficult to take the initiative to provide it in some other form. OPTA has therefore … -
Court case concerning the provision of information to consumers - Mediafax
At present, civil proceedings are being conducted against OPTA in the Court of The Hague. This case has been brought by KPN, because it is of the opinion that the information which OPTA provides to consumers is misleading. This information was designed to … -
OPTA acts against slamming
OPTA, the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority has ordered KPN Telecom B.V. to take action against slamming. In the case of slamming a consumer’s telephone service provider changes without his consent. Slamming is a minor but persistent … -
Most consumers continue to rely on KPN for local telephone services for the time being
No more than one quarter of Dutch telephone users will be able to choose from various telecommunications companies for local calls within two years. The rest will remain tied to KPN for the time being. This is revealed in a study conducted by OPTA. The … -
OPTA believes that the reduction of KPN’s landline-to-mobile call tariff does not go far enough yet
OPTA believes that the reduction of its tariff for landline calls to mobile phones within the Netherlands, which KPN has announced, does not go far enough. Today KPN announced that this tariff would be reduced from 90 cents to 75 cents per minute. OPTA … -
Church telephone services may not be offered below cost
KPN may not offer church telephone services below cost. OPTA, the regulatory authority for the postal and telecommunications markets, has decided this in response to objections lodged by the company Kabelfoon. This company had not agreed with a previous … -
Falling telephone charges secured for three years through price capping
OPTA, the regulatory authority for the postal and telecommunications markets, wishes to secure KPN’s telephone charges for three years. This would ensure that both the companies active in the telecommunications market and consumers would know what tariffs … -
OPTA agrees to a reduction of KPN’s telephone charges: Calling to become cheaper on 1 January
Phone calls are to become cheaper. On 1 January 1999 national call charges will drop by approximately 10%. Local calls are to become 33% cheaper on Sunday. The tariffs for calling 30 foreign destinations will drop between 7% and 37%. The price of a call … -
KPN’s telephone charges to be adjusted in two stages
The OPTA Commission is planning to allow KPN Telecom to adjust its telephone charges in two stages instead of one. In this case KPN would already need to adjust its tariffs to a limited extent at the beginning of next year. A second final step would need …