by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Germany
The German regulatory authority Reg-TP has today issued a draft of a set of so-called ‘Eckpunkte’ (cornerstones of regulatory policy) for providers of VoIP-enabled services, specifically with regard to numbering issues. These are the subject of a public...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Germany
As had been previously announced by the President of the German regulatory authority (see the relevant T-REGS news item), today’s ‘Amtsblatt’ contains the Reg TP decision to create the ‘032’ number range, in which numbers ‘look and...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Germany
The German Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA – this is the new authority incorporating RegTP) has opened a public consultation on the procedure for the granting of rights-of-use for frequency spectrum in the 3,5 GHz band for fixed wireless access. 2 x 84 MHz is free in...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Germany
The German regulatory authority BNetzA announced today that it has decided to reduce Deutsche Telekom’s interconnection charges by 10% on average. The decision will enter into effect on 1 June 2006 and is valid until 30 Nov 2008. The regulator’s decision stands...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Germany
Today, the German Council of Ministers approved the draft text of modifications to the Telecommunications Act (Telekommunikationsgesetz – TKG), prepared by the Ministry of Economy and Technology. The text focuses on: 1) The regulatory approach to “emerging...
by Yves Blondeel | Jun 8, 2021 | Germany
On 19 Aug 2004, the German regulatory authority RegTP issued two decisions, by means of which, for the first time, it explicitly grants geographic number ranges to providers of VoIP services. Indigo Networks GmbH (SipGate) and Econo Deutschland GmbH have obtained...