{"id":3840,"date":"2018-05-04T01:49:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T01:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noti-america.com\/site\/alemania\/?p=3840"},"modified":"2018-05-04T01:49:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T01:49:53","slug":"german-glass-fiber-operators-lobby-against-vodafone-liberty-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noti-america.com\/site\/principal\/2018\/05\/04\/german-glass-fiber-operators-lobby-against-vodafone-liberty-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"German glass fiber operators lobby against Vodafone-Liberty deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container_2tb_t\">\n<div class=\"upper-container_3g5eM\">\n<div class=\"foreground\">\n<div class=\"container_385r0 fluid-left_3DYLH\">\n<div class=\"column_1uZPg left_qEP9d\">\n<div class=\"content-container_3Ma9y\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lower-container\">\n<div class=\"container_385r0 inner fluid-left_3DYLH\">\n<div class=\"column_1uZPg right_3kxIR\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container_385r0 content_C2jxE fluid-left_3DYLH\">\n<div class=\"column_1uZPg left_qEP9d\">\n<div class=\"container_17wb1\">\n<div class=\"body_1gnLA\">\n<p>FRANKFURT \u00a0&#8211; A lobby group representing Germany\u2019s glass fiber industry says a European merger between Vodafone (<span id=\"\u201dsymbol_VOD.L_0\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/business\/quotes\/overview?symbol=VOD.L\">VOD.L<\/a><\/span>) and Liberty Global (<span id=\"\u201dsymbol_LBTYA.O_1\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/business\/quotes\/overview?symbol=LBTYA.O\">LBTYA.O<\/a><\/span>) should be blocked because it would create a cable TV monopoly in Germany.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container_2pnvl\">\n<div class=\"container_1tVQo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If the deal, reported to be worth 16.5 billion euros ($19.8 billion) including debt, is to be waved through it should be only on the condition that the merged entity\u2019s network is opened to third-party access, the Buglas industry group said.<\/p>\n<p>Vodafone revived talks in February about buying Liberty\u2019s cable assets in continental Europe, with the main prize being Germany\u2019s Unitymedia. Sources say a deal could be announced as soon as next week.<\/p>\n<p>That has alarmed competitors who say that, if it goes through, the transaction would reconstitute a dominant player that was broken up when it was sold off by Deutsche Telekom (<span id=\"\u201dsymbol_DTEGn.DE_2\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/business\/quotes\/overview?symbol=DTEGn.DE\">DTEGn.DE<\/a><\/span>) in the last decade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA new monopoly would be created,\u201d Wolfgang Heer, head of the Buglas industry group that comprises 80 companies and municipalities, told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that, with the cable operators also offering high-speed internet to households and businesses, a merged business should, like Deutsche Telekom, have to open access to its network to ensure sufficient competition.<\/p>\n<p>The head of Germany\u2019s Federal Network Regulator, BNetzA, may impose such a requirement if he finds cable operators dominate regional markets. Price controls would also be conceivable, Jochen Homann told a newspaper this week.<\/p>\n<p>Both Vodafone and Liberty declined to comment.<\/p>\n<h3>GIGABIT SOCIETY<\/h3>\n<p>Vodafone and Liberty have flirted repeatedly with a major deal in recent years, and the option now on the table would exclude Liberty\u2019s UK assets while including operations in other central European markets.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s little doubt, though, that the deal revolves around Unitymedia, the leading operator in the German states of Hesse, Baden-Wuerttemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia with 7.2 million cable customers.<\/p>\n<p>Vodafone, Germany\u2019s No.2 wireless player, operates across the rest of the country, meaning there is no overlap in the two companies\u2019 fixed-line assets, the deal\u2019s backers say.<\/p>\n<p>Buglas argues, however, a merger would set back the cause of providing super-fast broadband across Germany by 2025, creating a so-called \u2018Gigabit society\u2019 that is competitive with other hi-tech economies.<\/p>\n<p>In a position paper seen by Reuters, it said the proposed deal was \u201cnot approvable\u201d and it would call for it to be referred to European Union competition authorities for review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the deal is approved, against expectations, then strict conditions must be attached,\u201d it said, adding this should require that the network is opened to third parties.<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with the talks say a referral to the European Commission is likely in any case given the deal\u2019s size, a view backed by German competition officials.<\/p>\n<p>Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Hoettges has already clashed with Vodafone\u2019s Vittorio Colao on the Liberty deal, calling it \u201ctotally unacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The market leader remains skeptical: \u201cExperts are rightly critical of re-monopolising the cable networks,\u201d it said in comments to Reuters.<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0The VATM telecoms industry lobby, of which Vodafone is a member, took a more favorable view.<\/div>\n<p>\u201cVATM would welcome it from the point of view of consumers if there is a strong competitor to Deutsche Telekom,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a matter for the regulator to examine whether any conditions are necessary from a competition perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: reuters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRANKFURT \u00a0&#8211; 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