Brussels, 22/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - The German telecommunications regulator, the Bundesnetzagentur, has allayed the fears of the European Commission regarding the process for the allocation of frequencies, due to start in the second quarter of 2010. The Commission had accused Germany of designing an allocation system which favoured the largest operators. The head of the German regulatory authority, Matthias Kurth, visited Brussels on Monday 21 December to meet Commissioner for Information Society and the Media Viviane Reding, to discuss this controversial issue. After the interview, the parties declared that they had reached an agreement. Mr Kurth announced that Germany would carry out a market analysis to study the impact on competition of this procedure to allocate frequencies, the portions of the spectrum which will be freed up by the move to digital broadcasting. If it turns out that the planned process will lead to an anti-competitive situation, corrective measures will be adopted, the German regulator has promised. But if, on the other hand, Germany is able to demonstrate that the competition is fair, the Commission will abandon the procedure it started against Germany by request of the smaller operators. (I.L./trans.lfl)