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15.07.2008« [telecommunications — телекоммуникация — telekommunikation]
netherlands — tougher wholesale regulations for kpn
The Netherlands’ telecoms regulatory authority Opta today announced plans to ratchet up the requirements placed on former monopoly operator KPN in the domestic wholesale business market in a bid to stimulate competition. The watchdog is concerned that there currently exists only scant competition in the segment, with businesses having little choice by way of alternative options. As a result Opta intends to extend KPN’s obligations when it comes to selling telephone subscriptions to other services providers. Thomson Financial reports that Opta hopes the new measure will ensure that alternative operators are able to offer a competing range of services to Dutch business customers. The regulator is also looking to compel cable providers to provide resell cable connections so that altnets can similarly compete in the market for basic cable TV services. Opta intends to publish its draft recommendations on 15 August; the new measures are expected to enter into force by the end of the year.
Source: TeleGeography's CommsUpdate
kpn
KPN N.V. is a telecommunications and ICT service provider in The Netherlands, offering wireline and wireless telephony, Internet and television to consumers and end-to-end telecom and ICT services to business customers. The Companys subsidiary Getronics N.V. (Getronics) operates a global ICT services company, offering end-to-end solutions in infrastructure and network-related information technology (IT). KPN provides wholesale network services to third parties and operates an Internet protocol (IP)-based infrastructure with global scale in international wholesale through iBasis Inc., (iBasis). In October 2007, the Company acquired 51% of iBasis, in exchange for the KPN Global Carrier Services business unit. In October 2007, KPN acquired Getronics, an international provider of ICT services and solutions, based in The Netherlands. KPN also acquired Tele2/Versatel, a Belgium service provider for voice, Internet and data to residential, business and carrier customers.
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