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September 18, 2023: 1&1 concluded a comprehensive national roaming agreement with Vodafone in August. 1&1 will be able to provide 5G MVNO wholesale services using Vodafone Network from December 2023 (pushed forward from September) and 4G services on transitional basis using Telefonica network until summer 2024, but this will need extension of parallel sales from the Federal Network Agency. Federal Network Agency is expected to make a decision on the extension of parallel sales in November 2023. 1&1 reiterated that it expects to have 500 antenna sites at the end of this month as well as 300 leased antenna sites<ref>https://www.eqs-news.com/news/corporate/11-ag-11-mobile-network-launch-of-smartphone-tariffs-from-december-2023/1900377</ref>. | November 22, 2023: 1&1 said it will launch smartphone tariffs in its own network from December 8, making the network fully functional<ref>https://www.eqs-news.com/news/corporate/11-launches-smartphone-tariffs-in-its-own-mobile-network-on-8-december/1943969</ref>. | ||
September 18, 2023: 1&1 concluded a comprehensive national roaming agreement with Vodafone in August. 1&1 will be able to provide 5G MVNO wholesale services using Vodafone Network from December 2023 (pushed forward from September) and 4G services on a transitional basis using Telefonica network until summer 2024, but this will need an extension of parallel sales from the Federal Network Agency. Federal Network Agency is expected to make a decision on the extension of parallel sales in November 2023. 1&1 reiterated that it expects to have 500 antenna sites at the end of this month as well as 300 leased antenna sites<ref>https://www.eqs-news.com/news/corporate/11-ag-11-mobile-network-launch-of-smartphone-tariffs-from-december-2023/1900377</ref>. | |||
July 19, 2023: Germany’s Koblenz Regional Court ruled against Deutsche Telecom claims that 1&1 cannot describe its network as the “most modern 5G network in Europe" in its advertising content. However, Handelsblatt said that with the ruling, 1&1 will no longer describe its network as “5G für zu Hause” (5G for at home) in its current form, a statement disagreed with by 1&1. Deutsche Telecom said it will not take any other legal steps in the matter. "The Higher Regional Court of Koblenz followed our argumentation to this effect and issued a further ban, so that 1&1 may not continue to advertise its 5G product as in the past. Unfortunately, the court did not agree with our view that the phrase ‘most modern network in Europe’ is a misleading designation, since, among other things, the availability of the network is still limited to only a few locations and no significant network expansion is currently discernible. Deutsche Telekom will not take any further legal steps in this matter," Deutsche Telecom said after the ruling.CEO Ralph Dommermuth said that the ongoing efforts by established MNOs to keep them out of the game is a “confirmation that we are on the right track”<ref>https://www.telcotitans.com/deutsche-telekomwatch/1and1-gets-a-part-win-over-dt-in-5g-ads-spat/6889.article</ref>. | July 19, 2023: Germany’s Koblenz Regional Court ruled against Deutsche Telecom claims that 1&1 cannot describe its network as the “most modern 5G network in Europe" in its advertising content. However, Handelsblatt said that with the ruling, 1&1 will no longer describe its network as “5G für zu Hause” (5G for at home) in its current form, a statement disagreed with by 1&1. Deutsche Telecom said it will not take any other legal steps in the matter. "The Higher Regional Court of Koblenz followed our argumentation to this effect and issued a further ban, so that 1&1 may not continue to advertise its 5G product as in the past. Unfortunately, the court did not agree with our view that the phrase ‘most modern network in Europe’ is a misleading designation, since, among other things, the availability of the network is still limited to only a few locations and no significant network expansion is currently discernible. Deutsche Telekom will not take any further legal steps in this matter," Deutsche Telecom said after the ruling.CEO Ralph Dommermuth said that the ongoing efforts by established MNOs to keep them out of the game is a “confirmation that we are on the right track”<ref>https://www.telcotitans.com/deutsche-telekomwatch/1and1-gets-a-part-win-over-dt-in-5g-ads-spat/6889.article</ref>. | ||