playsafe schreef op 27 maart 2014 18:18:
Gaan we nu morgen eindelijk een hogere koers zien? Het lijkt nu dat ze er bijna uit zijn in Brussel en dat het akkoord over de E-plus deal met de nodige concessies aanstaande is.
www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/27/un...(Reuters) - Rival mobile companies should be given cost price access to the German network of Telefonica as a condition of its takeover of KPN's local business being approved, German internet service provider United Internet said on Thursday.
United Internet Chief Executive Ralph Dommermuth told Reuters he took a critical view of the 8.6 billion euro ($11.9 billion) deal between Telefonica Deutschland and KPN's E-Plus - Germany's No.3 and No.4 mobile operators.
He has asked the European Commission, which is examining whether to approve the deal, to force Spain's Telefonica to give so-called mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) access to its network at cost price if the takeover goes ahead, he said.
United Internet offers mobile plans in Germany as an MVNO - an operator which rents access to rivals' networks and tends to sell cheaper mobile plans, often without a long-term contract.
Only when MVNOs have access to mobile networks will fair competition be guaranteed, Dommermuth said in an interview.
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