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NMa 1999 Annual Report
This is the second Annual Report of the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa). Because the Netherlands Electricity Regulatory Service (DTe) officially became a department of the NMa on 1 July 1999, an integrated Annual Report has been drawn up. This … -
UPC is required to consider a request from 8FM for cable access
UPC must immediately consider a request made by the radio programme provider, Betaco, to grant it access to cable for its radio station, 8FM. The latter broadcasts by wireless and through Essent’s cable network in parts of the province of Noord-Brabant. … -
More competition for flat-tariff Internet use: KPN has to assist with new types of Internet access
Now it will also be possible to access the Internet through the telephone network for a flat tariff, that is to say, unmetered. In addition, it will be possible to pay KPN’s competitors for all Internet calls routed through the telephone network, as in … -
Charges for calls from landline to mobile phones may be lowered
Calls from landline connections to mobile phones may become cheaper. The tariffs which KPN charges for the use of its fixed network will drop by eight cents a minute during peak hours and five cents at off-peak times. OPTA has approved the proposed … -
Lower telephone bills for everyone, but KPN remains dominant
In spite of a large number of new customers, KPN Telecom still has a very large market share in various areas. Nevertheless, telephone charges fell for all consumers in 1999 thanks to an increase in competition and OPTA’s supervision. If inflation remains … -
OPTA has imposed a conditional penalty on KPN in relation to carrier preselection: Registering with a competitor should proceed smoothly
OPTA has imposed a conditional penalty of NLG 100,000.00 per day on KPN, because the registration system for carrier preselection still does not work properly. As a result consumers cannot benefit from standard calls through KPN’s competitors and the … -
Position on cost-orientation requirements for fixed to mobile
In the first half of 1999, KPN submitted proposals to the Commission of OPTA for a change of charges for calls originating in the fixed network and terminating at phones in mobile networks. KPN’s proposals concerned the tariffs for terminating calls to … -
Final conditional penalty imposed on mobile operators in connection with mobile phone number portability
OPTA has imposed a final conditional penalty on all mobile telecommunication service providers. By doing so, OPTA is seeking to ensure that the process of switching from one provider to another while retaining one’s telephone number (number portability) … -
OPTA sets final interconnection tariffs for 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999
Every year OPTA sets the provisional interconnection tariffs for the period ahead and finalises those for the past period. These are the tariffs which KPN may charge its competitors for using its network. At the end of November OPTA set the provisional … -
Capacity shortfall to be resolved through better arrangements made by the telecommunications companies
By making better arrangements with each other, the telecommunications companies should be able to guarantee that there is no disruption of the telephone calls between these subscribers as a result of the capacity shortfall. OPTA has stated this in a …