DT not obliged to grant access to VDSL dark fibre: German court

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to the latest ruling by highest administrative court, the Leipzig-based Bundesverwaltungsgericht, Deutsche Telekom (DT) is not obliged to grant competitors access to dark fibre on its VDSL network.

However, DT has been asked to follow the December 2009 order of Federal Network Agency (FNA) to allow its competitors access to its street cabinets and empty pipes.

A complaint has also been filed by UK-based operator Vodafone following the failure of talks between its German unit and DT to negotiate access to the latter’s VDSL network. The company has argued that the fact that it constituted a new market and the scale of its investment means that the fibre-optic network should be exempted from competition.