EQS-News: 1&1 AG: Expert assessment by Professor Di Fabio, former justice on the Federal Constitutional Court, determines: Frequency extension without consideration of the fourth network operator would be uncon
Source: EQS
Expert assessment by Montabaur, Just like any other network operator, 1&1 requires adequate frequency bandwidths if it is to operate its network competitively and exploit fully the innovative power of the modern network architecture. This is indispensable for the provision of state-of-the-art services to its customers. As of In a recent consultation paper, the BNetzA for the first time considered a so-called extension of existing frequency use rights to Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Telefónica instead of the usual auction. Being a new entrant, 1&1, on the other hand, would not be granted access to additional frequencies. An expert assessment commissioned by 1&1 and prepared by the renowned constitutional law scholar and former Federal Constitutional Court justice Professor ‘The auctioning of the first 5G frequencies to a new entrant in 2019 led to additional regulatory responsibility. Extending the frequency use rights of the established network operators without taking 1&1 into consideration as a new entrant would violate the principles of the protection of legitimate expectations and equality and would be unconstitutional from several points of view’, noted Professor The assessment finds that a unilateral extension of frequency use rights for the established network operators for five or eight years could not be classified merely as a transitional decision; it would instead constitute a misuse of discretion. ‘Our aim as the fourth network operator is to stimulate competition and generate innovations. We cannot achieve this goal unless, just like any other network operator, we have adequate frequency resources. Without them, we will be unable to provide our customers with service in line with the market and to exploit the advantages of the new Open RAN technology’, stated
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