by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Netherlands
The Dutch regulatory authority OPTA has today published a letter, which it has sent to the European Commission, by means of which it confirms that a compromise has been reached to avoid a European Commission veto of its draft Market Analysis of retail markets for the...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Netherlands
The Dutch Council of Ministers has, upon the initiative of Minister Brinkhorst (Economic Affairs, also in charge of telecommunications), agreed to amend the Competition Act in order to prevent public authorities and the public sector from competing with the commercial...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Netherlands
The Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven – CBB) has granted the appeals filed against the OPTA decisions of 14 Nov 2005 and 31 May 2006 relating to the wholesale markets for voice call termination on individual...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Netherlands
The Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven – CBB) has today published its reasoning for granting part of the appeals that were filed against the OPTA decisions of 14 Nov 2005 and 31 May 2006 relating to the wholesale...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Netherlands
A rather remarkable Decision was published yesterday on the website of OPTA, the Dutch regulatory authority. The Decision has important implications with regard to the wholesale market for Access and Call Origination on Public Mobile Telephone Networks (Market 15)....
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Netherlands
The Economic Analysis Team (EAT) within the Dutch regulatory authority has published a Policy Note entitled: “Strategic behaviour and foreclosure on telecommunications markets – A case study regarding new developments and the behaviour of parties with...
