The New Telecommunications Act - Part 5 - Access To Services, To The Network And

Of vital importance for the realization of a competitive telecommunications market is access to telecommunications services and the telecommunication network, as well as interconnection between the various networks.

Although the German telecommunications market has become liberalised, the former state monopolist, Deutsche Telekom AG, will continue to play a leading and dominant role in this market. It was, thus, necessary for the legislator to regulate in the Act access by competitors to Deutsche Telekom AG's services and network, as well as interconnection between Deutsche Telekom AG's network and the new telecommunication networks which have or will come into existence.

Access to services