Germany Opens Consultation on Local Loop Access

Germany's Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Post (RegTP) has opened a national consultation and debate on draft proposals on the local loop access market.



Access to the local loop is one of eighteen relevant markets the national regulatory authorities (NRAs) have been recommended by the European Commission to look at. In its draft RegTP concludes that the German market, defined in line with national circumstances, requires regulation and that Deutsche Telekom AG (DTAG) has significant market power in this market. All interested parties are being given the opportunity to make their views known. Following this, RegTP will consider what obligations to impose, amend, maintain or withdraw in relation to DTAG (by a direction). http://www.regtp.de