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=== Service Provider Obligation === | |||
September 7, 2023: Ahead of the BnetZa Advisory Board meeting scheduled to be held at the end of September, 24 telecommunication operators iincluding 1&1 have published a report criticizing the weak competition in Germany and want access to competitors’ 5G network. “As a leading economic nation, Germany cannot afford to leave large parts of digitalization to the oligopoly of the three largest European network operators,” said Dommermuth. Dommermuth wants “fair access to the necessary frequency spectrum - without being slowed down in favor of the established operators.” Part of the Advisory Board’s meeting agenda will be to decide compulsary opening up of 5G networks, known as service provider obligation. In the most recent spectrum allocation, service provider obligation was waived though in the previous license auctions, service providers were obliged to allow their competitors access to the networks at a fair rental value<ref>https://www.badische-zeitung.de/konkurrenz-der-marktfuehrer-verlangt-oeffnung-der-5g-netze--283618089.html</ref>. | |||
=== Antenna Sites Obligations === | === Antenna Sites Obligations === | ||
June 1, 2023: Federal Cartel Office responds to accusations of Vodafone and its subsidiary Vantage Towers by 1&1. “It is clear that to develop its own mobile phone network a company has to make high investments and take entrepreneurial risks when taking such a step. It is a key task of competition law to set fair rules of play for companies’ business practices,” said Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartellamt, when announcing the investigation,"Andreas Mundt, president of the Federal Cartel Office, said in a statement. "Powerful and dominant companies must not unfairly impede other companies. We will therefore scrutinise whether there are sound reasons for a delay in the provision of antenna locations for 1&1," He added<ref>https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Vodafone-faces-German-probe-over-suspected-obstruction-of-1-1--44022883/ | June 1, 2023: Federal Cartel Office responds to accusations of Vodafone and its subsidiary Vantage Towers by 1&1. “It is clear that to develop its own mobile phone network a company has to make high investments and take entrepreneurial risks when taking such a step. It is a key task of competition law to set fair rules of play for companies’ business practices,” said Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartellamt, when announcing the investigation,"Andreas Mundt, president of the Federal Cartel Office, said in a statement. "Powerful and dominant companies must not unfairly impede other companies. We will therefore scrutinise whether there are sound reasons for a delay in the provision of antenna locations for 1&1," He added<ref>https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Vodafone-faces-German-probe-over-suspected-obstruction-of-1-1--44022883/ | ||