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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8467

22 May 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission fines Deutsche Telekom EUR 12.6 million for abusing dominant position

Brussels, 21/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - As indicated (see EUROPE yesterday p 21), on Wednesday, the Commission decided to fine Deutsche Telekom € 12.6 million for charging anti-competitive tariffs for access to its local networks. The Commission says that the German company imposes the higher tariffs on this part of the network than its competitors making competition impossible. In a communiqué the Commission says that DT has 95% of the retail access market to broad an narrow band.

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