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KPN Maintaining Wholesale Broadband Offers Despite Court Ruling

KPN Wholesale confirms on its website for Consumers & Markets (ACM) which customers following the CBb ruling. In
that, despite the recent court decision had ordered cableco VodafoneZiggo and other announcements, KPN said that it has
overturning the regulation of the Wholesale incumbent PSTN operator KPN to provide delayed the final decommissioning date for
Fixed Access market, it continues to wholesale access to their fixed networks. ISDN lines from 1 April to 1 June 2020, due
provide access to its networks, with KPN Wholesale notes that as a result, to measures for combating coronavirus.
existing wholesale agreements remaining the regulation of a number of its services Similarly, VodafoneZiggo has suspended
in force. On 17 March 2020 the Dutch has lapsed, but the offers will remain the planned launch of DOCSIS 3.1 network
Trade & Industry Appeals Tribunal (CBb) unchanged for the time being, regardless upgrades in Rotterdam this month as all
– the highest administrative law court of the lack of legal obligations. In contrast, non-essential work has been put on hold
in the Netherlands – reversed the 2018 it is understood that VodafoneZiggo has due to the coronavirus outbreak.
decision of telecoms regulator Authority ended talks with potential wholesale cable

ACM’s Wholesale Fixed Access Ruling on VodafoneZiggo, KPN Scrapped

The Dutch Trade & Industry Appeals 2020 sided with KPN and VodafoneZiggo open up their fixed networks to other
Tribunal (CBb) – the highest administrative – scrapping ACM’s determination that the providers in its Wholesale Fixed Access
law court in the Netherlands – has reversed pair held joint significant market power – market analysis decision which took effect
the 2018 decision of telecoms regulator while rejecting appeals from rivals T-Mobile in October 2018. ACM said both KPN and
Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) and Tele2 Netherlands. ACM issued a VodafoneZiggo had strong positions on
which had ordered cableco VodafoneZiggo statement that it ‘is disappointed with this market and were able to use those
and incumbent PSTN operator KPN to the ruling, and will now study the effects positions to raise prices, adjust conditions
provide wholesale access to their fixed thereof’. ACM had previously asserted to their advantage or to delay investments.
networks. The CBb decision of 17 March that both KPN and VodafoneZiggo should

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