by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Germany
Today, the German Council of Ministers approved the draft text of modifications to the Telecommunications Act (Telekommunikationsgesetz – TKG), prepared by the Ministry of Economy and Technology. The text focuses on: 1) The regulatory approach to “emerging...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Germany
On 20 and 21 Sep 2004, a Decision Chamber (Beschlusskammer) of the German regulatory authority Reg TP concluded precedent-setting proceedings relating to the wholesale call termination charges of a number of fixed new entrant network operators. The operators in...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Germany
On 18 Oct 2004, the German regulatory authority Reg-TP organised a forum on VoIP, attended by numerous interested parties, including T-REGS. Reg-TP’s president Matthias Kurth made a lengthy opening speech, which was revealing on many accounts. Kurth promoted VoIP, but...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Germany
The German regulatory authority Reg-TP has today issued a draft of a set of so-called ‘Eckpunkte’ (cornerstones of regulatory policy) for providers of VoIP-enabled services, specifically with regard to numbering issues. These are the subject of a public...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Germany
As had been previously announced by the President of the German regulatory authority (see the relevant T-REGS news item), today’s ‘Amtsblatt’ contains the Reg TP decision to create the ‘032’ number range, in which numbers ‘look and...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Germany
The German regulatory authority Reg-TP has today issued a short (14 pages) consultation document entitled: “Anhörung zu Voice over IP (VoIP)” The consultation is a essentially set of 87 questions rather than a statement of proposed policy (policy...
