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OPTA on the cable sector: Put an end to cross-subsidies
Cable television companies may not pass on any shortfall, which they sustain on their own range of programmes, to competing programme providers. The cross-subsidisation of the operations of cable companies as suppliers of infrastructure and as providers … -
OPTA threatens to impose penalties for failure to provide information about number portability and to comply with obligations concerning the latter
OPTA, the regulatory authority for the postal and telecommunications markets, has notified Intercity Mobile Communications, KPN Telecom and Talkline Benelux that it intends to proceed with the imposition of penalties, because they have failed to comply … -
KPN must put an end to capacity shortfalls: Its policy is undermining the development of competition in the telecommunications market
KPN must comply with its duty to supply interconnection capacity to its competitors by no later than 1 July. Because of a capacity shortfall in KPN’s network, its competitors’ subscribers frequently have to contend with an engaged signal. This threatens … -
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 will regulate the common use of mobile phone antenna locations: Ruling in a dispute between Dutchtone and KPN
OPTA, the regulatory authority for the postal and telecommunications market, has drawn up a number of rules for mobile phone operators sharing antenna locations. For instance, if requested, a telecommunications company must supply a list of all of the … -
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 … -
New impetus for competition and innovation in the telecommunications market: OPTA publishers guidelines for unbundled access
Today OPTA, the regulatory authority for the telecommunications market, published the rules (guidelines) which KPN and its competitors are required to comply with when leasing the local loop, which is also known as unbundled access. In due course, … -
KPN must help find a temporary solution to ensure undisrupted calls for its competitors
OPTA insists that KPN help find a temporary solution to ensure that its competitors can carry their customers’ calls in spite of the capacity shortfall besetting KPN’s network. Such a solution entails that these calls be confined entirely to KPN’s … -
OPTA publishes guidelines for unbundled access: New impetus for competition and innovation in the telecommunications market
Today OPTA, the regulatory authority for the telecommunications market, published the rules (guidelines) which KPN and its competitors are required to comply with when leasing the local loop, which is also known as unbundled access. In due course … -
OPTA: Consumer information concerning SIM locks is inadequate
The information provided to consumers about the use of SIM locks in mobile phones is inadequate. If a mobile phone contains a SIM lock, the relevant telecommunications companies and service providers must draw their customer’s attention to this. Customers …