EU Sues Germany Over Broadband Limits
An AP newswire article, via PhysOrg.com, reports that:
The European Commission said Monday it was suing Germany over a law allowing Deutsche Telekom AG to keep rivals off its high-speed Internet networks.More here.
EU spokesman Martin Selmayr told reporters that a letter "of formal notice" was sent to Berlin after it ignored repeated warnings not to adopt legislation that could grant Deutsche Telekom a de-facto monopoly on a new broadband network.
The German parliament on Friday passed the telecommunications law, exempting Deutsche Telekom's high-speed network from regulation and demands to open up its network to competitors, at least for now.
Under legal procedures, the German government has been given 15 days to answer the legal notice issued by the commission.
posted by Fergie @ 2/26/2007 10:26:00 AM
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