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July 11, 2023: CEO Ralph Dommermuth said there are now 40 broadcasting stations. He added that if the fine expected to be imposed by the Federal Network Agency will be high and without a grace period, that would be hard for the company. Dommermuth noted that there have been negotiations on national roaming(in competitor's network) but the price per gigabyte would sometimes be 10 times the market price. He complained of lack of support from regulators in ensuring more competition in the industry. Dommermuth said that they expect to have 500 locations by the end of this quarter and 1,200 locations by the end of the year. Currenty, they are at 200 locations<ref>https://www.computerbase.de/2023-07/nur-40-5g-sendestationen-1-und-1-chef-macht-vodafone-fuer-rueckstand-verantwortlich/</ref>. When asked whether he regrets investing in the network infrastracture, he said, ""Sometimes it's better if you don't know exactly what's coming beforehand. If I had foreseen all this, I might really not have done it."<ref name=":7">https://www.mmnews.de/boerse/201304-1-1-chef-kritisiert-die-mobilfunk-konkurrenz</ref | July 11, 2023: CEO Ralph Dommermuth said there are now 40 broadcasting stations. He added that if the fine expected to be imposed by the Federal Network Agency will be high and without a grace period, that would be hard for the company. Dommermuth noted that there have been negotiations on national roaming(in competitor's network) but the price per gigabyte would sometimes be 10 times the market price. He complained of lack of support from regulators in ensuring more competition in the industry. Dommermuth said that they expect to have 500 locations by the end of this quarter and 1,200 locations by the end of the year. Currenty, they are at 200 locations<ref>https://www.computerbase.de/2023-07/nur-40-5g-sendestationen-1-und-1-chef-macht-vodafone-fuer-rueckstand-verantwortlich/</ref>. When asked whether he regrets investing in the network infrastracture, he said, ""Sometimes it's better if you don't know exactly what's coming beforehand. If I had foreseen all this, I might really not have done it."<ref name=":7">https://www.mmnews.de/boerse/201304-1-1-chef-kritisiert-die-mobilfunk-konkurrenz</ref> He repeated that it was a mistake to contract Vantage Towers. "In retrospect, yes - and even 35 years of professional experience didn't protect me from it," he admitted. "They left us hanging while the expansion for Vodafone itself worked with 4,200 special 5G locations." "We were assured that the company was really independent, efficient, and that Vodafone's share in it would be further reduced. Well, then things turned out differently," he noted.<ref name=":7" /> | ||
June 20, 2023: Germany’s federal coalition government through its representatives in the BNetzA Advisory Board has urged the Federal Networks Agency/BNetzA to ensure competition in the mobile communications industry. “Fair and non-discriminatory access for service providers and mobile virtual network operators in the wholesale market must be ensured, " their amendment read. The coalition government has asked BNetzA to provide it with “comprehensive information on the current market situation” until the agency meets again. The BNetzA amendment is seen to be in response to a study conducted by 1&1 and the Federal Broadband Communications Association/BREKO in June, which asserted that the three big MNOs are unfairly inhibiting competition by blocking rollout of 5G by small companies. “ We want competitors without their own mobile network — fibre-optic network operators and service providers — to be granted exactly the same conditions as the mobile network operators’ own sales departments, ” said Sven Knapp, head of BREKO’s Berlin office<ref>https://www.telcotitans.com/deutsche-telekomwatch/germanys-coalition-govt-urges-regulator-to-clamp-down-on-mnos-blocking-competition/6752.article</ref>. | June 20, 2023: Germany’s federal coalition government through its representatives in the BNetzA Advisory Board has urged the Federal Networks Agency/BNetzA to ensure competition in the mobile communications industry. “Fair and non-discriminatory access for service providers and mobile virtual network operators in the wholesale market must be ensured, " their amendment read. The coalition government has asked BNetzA to provide it with “comprehensive information on the current market situation” until the agency meets again. The BNetzA amendment is seen to be in response to a study conducted by 1&1 and the Federal Broadband Communications Association/BREKO in June, which asserted that the three big MNOs are unfairly inhibiting competition by blocking rollout of 5G by small companies. “ We want competitors without their own mobile network — fibre-optic network operators and service providers — to be granted exactly the same conditions as the mobile network operators’ own sales departments, ” said Sven Knapp, head of BREKO’s Berlin office<ref>https://www.telcotitans.com/deutsche-telekomwatch/germanys-coalition-govt-urges-regulator-to-clamp-down-on-mnos-blocking-competition/6752.article</ref>. | ||