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KPN charges to decline further gradually, OPTA introduces price-capping regime
KPN’s charges for calls within the Netherlands are to decline further gradually over the next three years. These charges will drop by 5.3% each year. Adjusted in line with inflation, this will amount to 3.3% in the first year. OPTA, the regulatory … -
OPTA rejects KPN’s claim in its dispute with Enertel
Competing telecommunications companies may continue to charge KPN a rate for carrying telephone calls on their fixed networks other than the rate which KPN charges them. This is the conclusion that may be drawn from a ruling handed down by the OPTA … -
Cable companies are required to treat programme providers equally: NMa and OPTA issue common guidelines for access to cable networks.
Cable companies are required to provide all television and radio programme providers with access to cable networks subject to the same conditions and at a cost-oriented tariff. This means that a cable company, which is usually the most extensive user of … -
OPTA makes it mandatory for A2000 to transmit Canal+ digital programmes
The cable operator, Kabeltelevisie Amsterdam (also known as A2000) is required to present an offer to Canal+ for the transmission of the latter’s programmes in digital form as of 15 September 1999. In addition, A2000 must assist with an audit to determine … -
OPTA encourages price reductions for calls from landline to mobile phones
OPTA has announced a number of measures after noting that the charges for calls from fixed to mobile phones are excessively high. OPTA is planning to designate KPN and Libertel as telecommunications providers with significant market power in the mobile … -
No uniform surcharge for calling a foreign mobile network
OPTA will not allow KPN to introduce a uniform surcharge over and above the charge levied for calling from a fixed phone to a foreign mobile network. OPTA is of the opinion that such a tax surcharge must reflect the actual costs involved. This surcharge … -
KPN tells OPTA that capacity shortfall has been resolved
OPTA has been told by KPN that the capacity shortfall plaguing the latter’s network has been resolved. KPN says that it again has enough interconnections to supply to its competitors. OPTA now wants to hear from the telecommunications companies, whether … -
NMa 1998 Annual Report
This is the very first Annual Report of the Netherlands Competition Authority. It was created on 1 January 1998, when the Dutch Competition Act came into force. … … -
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 …