Briefs: EU approves German broadband proposal

December 23, 2005

The European Commission Friday approved a proposal by German regulators to open up broadband markets.

The Bundesnetzagentur will allow broadband providers, including very high-speed Internet access providers, to enter the market with their own services into the German market.

The regulator had initially proposed to exclude higher-speed access providers from the market.

Copyright 2005 by United Press International


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