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OPTA imposes a penalty of €450,000.00 on KPN
The Commission of OPTA, the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority, has imposed a penalty of €450,000.00 on KPN, because the latter had failed to request OPTA’s prior consent to offer additional discounts to business callers. This involved an … -
Charges for calls from landline to mobile phones drop further: OPTA announces initial findings of market analyses
The Commission of OPTA, the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority, wants to reduce charges for calls from fixed to mobile phones even further. Providers holding significant market power are active in the market for terminating calls (receiving … -
OPTA presents it annual report for 2004 and outlook for the market in 2005: Growing convergence of electronic communications markets
The markets for electronic communications, especially the Internet, telephony and television, are continuing to converge. Broadband Internet access is ensuring that the traditional differences between the IT, media and entertainment markets are blurring. … -
OPTA will be investigating cable subscription tariffs: Presentation of findings of broadcasting market analysis
The Commission of OPTA, the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority, will be investigating the prices charged for the standard plans (the most common forms of subscription) of the Netherlands’ five largest cable providers in order to determine … -
First year’s fight against spam yields positive results: Growing collaboration with American regulator
The Commission of OPTA, the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority, is satisfied with the results of its efforts to combat spam. Jens Arnbak, the OPTA Commission Chairman, says that ‘the results of our first year of fighting spam are positive, … -
OPTA gives KPN more scope for discounts: Draft decisions on telephony, broadband Internet access and leased lines
The Commission of OPTA, the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority, has decided to grant KPN more scope to give discounts in the fixed telephony market, which is experiencing increasing competition thanks, for instance, to the emergence of … -
Collaboration between CBP and OPTA for the purposes of regulating the telecommunications sector
Mr J. Kohnstamm and Mr J.C. Arnbak, of the Dutch Data Protection Authority and the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (OPTA) respectively, have signed a collaboration protocol to structure the regulation of the protection of personal data … -
OPTA’s response to incorrect report in the newspaper, Trouw
This morning the newspaper, Trouw, contained a front-page article entitled OPTA staat dure kabel-tv toe [OPTA Allows Expensive Cable TV]. The article wrongly gives the impression that the OPTA Commission has adopted a position on the level of cable … -
OPTA: €17 million fine for KPN
The Commission of OPTA, the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority, has imposed penalties totalling €17 million on KPN. Over a number of years KPN has contravened the Telecommunications Act on many occasions (371) by providing unlawful … -
OPTA and Commission agree on cable
The Commission of OPTA, the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority, and the European Commission have reached agreement on the regulation of the tariffs for the standard plans for cable of the three largest cable companies (UPC, Casema and …