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In a first, less than 1 million users have traditional landlines
For the first time ever, the number of traditional, fixed-telephony connections in the Netherlands is less than one million. This is one of the findings of the Telecom Monitor for the first quarter of 2016, which the Netherlands Authority for Consumers … -
ICN anti-cartel enforcement template
This template supplies information for businesses participating in cartel activities about the rules applicable to them; moreover, it enables businesses which suffer from cartel activity to get information about the possibilities of lodging a complaint in … -
Prioritization of enforcement investigations by ACM
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) is not able to solve all problems that consumers and businesses face. We therefore have to make choices. When determining which cases we will be dealing with, we ask ourselves the following three … -
Collaboration between three hospitals benefits cancer patients
Three hospitals in the central Dutch province of Utrecht are allowed to collaborate in complex cancer care. The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) expects this collaboration to yield sufficient benefits for patients and the insured. The … -
European telecom regulators issue guidelines about net neutrality
Today, European telecommunication regulators issued joint guidelines in which they explain how they will apply the European net neutrality rules. The European rules for open internet came into force on April 30, 2016. “No half-measures when it comes to … -
Regulation of business fiber-optic market is currently not needed
The market for business fiber-optic networks continues to be free. The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) does not impose any requirements or conditions on owners of fiber-optic networks in order to force them to grant other companies … -
ACM sets new rules for reasonable energy transport tariffs
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has drawn up new rules for determining the revenues of the network operators for electricity and natural gas for the period of 2017 through 2021. Each year, ACM sets, on the basis of these ‘method …