Dutch telecoms regulator OPTA hopes to find some leeway in an appeals court ruling that overturned its decision to force cable TV companies Ziggo and UPC to open their analogue networks to competitors, a spokeswoman has told TelecomFinance.
Although the…
Dutch telecoms regulator OPTA hopes to find some leeway in an appeals court ruling that overturned its decision to force cable TV companies Ziggo and UPC to open their analogue networks to competitors, a spokeswoman has told TelecomFinance.
Although the regulator is unable to launch an appeal, it hopes to find other ways to free up the country’s networks within the next two weeks, she added.
The rejection of its order to require Dutch ISPs to make their analogue TV packages available for resale to operators such as Tele2 was “bad for consumers”, according to the spokesperson.
The Dutch appeals court decision will also have serious implications for Tele2, which had already started selling analogue cable products following OPTA’s initial Open Cable ruling last year, according to reports.
Tele2 did not return calls to comment by press time.
