The European Commission has objections raised against the decision of Belgian telecomwaakhonden to the cable networks in the country obliged to open up to competition. The decisions would not be sufficiently substantiated.
A series of decisions of the Belgian telecomregulatoren BIPT, CSA, Medienrat and VRM last year, would the owners of cable networks in Belgium, including Telenet, oblige competitors to the networks. The kabelaars were very upset about the decisions, but it is possible that the introduction of deferral increases.
European commissioner Kroes, responsible for the Digital Agenda, believes that the decisions is insufficient. The regulatory authorities would, according to Kroes ‘better to take into consideration the market developments in the light of new players on the market, the trend towards multiplay, the convergence between broadband and broadcasting, and the proposed regulations around Belgacom’.
Also ask the European Commission why kabelaanbieders a reselleraanbod for the interest decreasing analog tv to work on and have the telecomwaakhonden to justify why Belgacom access to the cable, while it is successful with its own iptv offer, writes Datanews.
“The Commission asks only whether it is expedient, Belgacom is to allow analog tv to sell on the cable, Telenet,” claims Luc Hindryckx, spokesman of the BIPT, the telecomwaakhond of Belgium. According to the BIPT and the European Commission agree with the analysis: “All cable operators in Belgium have been dominant in their market.” The BIPT do not expect any postponement of the procedure.