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• Need to know: Unite joint venture ... SAS job cuts ... Swisscom profits rise ...

  BNET - 2009-08-12

  View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics Unemployment: Official data showed that nearly one million young people are out of work as unemployment hit a 14-year high. More than 700,00 18 to 24-year-olds and 206,000 16 to 17-year-olds are jobless. Inflation: Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of...

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• Berlin blasts EU telecoms overhaul plan

  - 2007-11-14

  FRANKFURT AFP — A European Commission proposal to overhaul telecommunications controls drew rebuttals Wednesday from German specialists who believe the measures would lead to excessive regulation. A proposal to create a European regulatory body "goes against the principles of subsidiarity and deregulation," junior economy minister Bernd Pfaffenbach said. ...

  Tags: Deutsche Telekom AG, European Commission, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony

• EU challenges German 'regulatory holiday' for Deutsche Telekom

  - 2007-02-26

  BRUSSELS AFP — The European Commission launched legal action against Germany on Monday over a "regulatory holiday" granted to Deutsche Telekom, which regulators fear will give the operator an unfair advantage over rivals. The European Commission has given Berlin 15 days to respond to its formal warning about a...

  Tags: commission, Deutsche Telekom AG, European Commission, Germany, NETWORKING, SALES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony

• COMMISSION OPPOSED TO TAKEOVER OF TELERING BY DEUTSCHE TELEKOM.(European Commission)(Brief Article)

  - 2006-02-25

  The acquisition by Deutsche Telekom of the Austrian mobile telephony operator Telering has come up against opposition from the European Commission, the Financial Times Deutschland FTD reported on February 20. The deal in its current state is "irreconcilable" with EU internal market rules since it would...

  Tags: commission, Deutsche Telekom AG, European Commission, FINANCE, financial, MARKETING, mobile, SALES, telephony

• EU to allow acquisition of Eurotel.(acquired Eurotel Bratislava)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-01-01

  The European Commission has approved the acquisition of the mobile phone business of Eurotel Bratislava by Slovak Telecom. Slovak Telecom is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG. Slovak Telecom already holds a majority stake in the company and, with the acquisition of the stake,...

  Tags: acquisition, Deutsche Telekom AG, European Commission, FINANCE, Investment, mobile

• DEUTSCHE TELEKOM TELLS EU COMMISSION IT INTENDS TO TAKE OVER PTC.(Polska Telefonya Cyfrowa )(Brief Article)

  - 2004-10-27

  Deutsche Telekom AG has registered on October 9 its intention to take over Polish mobile operator Polska Telefonya Cyfrowa PTC with the European Commission, a Telekom spokesman said. He said the move is a formality, and a decision has not yet been made on whether Telekom will...

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• Liberalization fails in Germany

  - 2001-09-10

  Connectionless competition: EC framework is threatened as new entrants go under Europe's framework for a competitive telecoms market is breaking down, and the European Commission will have to consider abandoning its 10-year-old regulatory program designed to produce competition on infrastructure. Operators and analysts are pointing to a dramatic...

  Tags: Deutsche Telekom AG, European Commission, Finland, Government, liberalization, NETWORKING, Regulations, regulator, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, wireless

• Have Regulators Lost Their Way? - Government Activity

  - 2001-07-16

  Telecoms markets in most industrialized countries have been liberalized, but few operators would venture to voice satisfaction with the state of competition. Policy and regulation are now more important than ever. Have legislators stepped up to the task? There is a new regulatory framework afoot at the European level....

  Tags: broadband, commission, Deutsche Telekom AG, European Commission, FCC, Government, incumbent, mobile, network, NETWORKING, Regulations, regulator, SALES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, termination, U.S.

• AOL Granted Injunction Against Deutsche Telekom

  - 1999-03-16

  A German court has granted AOL Europe and seven other online companies an injunction against Deutsche Telekom requiring the incumbent Germany telco to 'unbundle' its internet access charges. Deutsche Telekom will now be required to break out its charges for its T-Online internet access service, listing...

  Tags: America Online Inc., Deutsche Telekom AG, European Commission, INTERNET, spokesperson, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Crossed.(plans to correct the digital television problems in Germany have failed as the European Commission is anxious to prevent monopolies; Deutsche Telekom reports $3.7 billion in net profits for 1995; these and other business items are discussed)(Busi

  - 1996-06-08

  The plan of three European media groups, BSkyB, Canal+ and Bertelsmann, to stitch up digital television in Germany unravelled. In any case, the European Commission takes a stern view of pay-TV deals. Karel Van Miert, the competition commissioner, said The plan of three European media groups, BSkyB,...

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