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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9456

28 June 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/telecommunications
Germany taken to Court of Justice for legislation helping Deutsche Telekom

Brussels, 27/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission decided to refer Germany to the European Court of Justice for breaking Community rules in the telecommunications sector. Despite repeated requests to do so, Germany has been unwilling to amend its new national telecoms law, which protects the dominant position of historic operator Deuthsche Telekomp. The law allows Deutsche Telekom effectively to exempt its fast internet access network (VDSL) from competition, the...

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