MLex: Orange, Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone should expect an EU initiative in2025 to boost the 27 Member State's telecom networks and connectivity—known as the Digital Networks Act, a senior European Commission official said on 4 December 2024. Under the new Commission, which began work on 2 December 2024, the EU executive will ‘work on a new Digital Networks Act to help boost secure high-speed broadband, both fixed and wireless’.

CASE HUB ARCHIVED–this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision of 19 May 2015; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline, commentary and related cases Case facts Outline European Commission merger investigation into the planned acquisition by Orange of Jazztel (Case M.7421). The transaction involves horizontal overlaps in the mobile telecommunications market in Spain, where the parties are two of the four operators. The Commission cleared the transaction subject to commitments on 19/05/2015. Latest developments The Commission cleared the transaction subject to commitments on 19 May 2015. The Commission has accepted the following commitments: • in relation to optical fibre, Orange has committed to divest an independent Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) network covering 700,000 to 800,000 building units, which is similar in size to Orange's current FttH network in Spain–his network covers 13 urban districts located in five of the largest Spanish cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and Malaga) • in relation to copper, Orange has committed to grant the purchaser of the FttH network wholesale access to Jazztel's national ASDL network for up to eight years; this is

CASE HUB ARCHIVED—this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision of 20 February 2024; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline. Case facts Outline European Commission merger investigation into the proposed creation of a joint venture between Orange S.A and MasMovil Ibercom S.A.U. (M.10896). The transaction involves horizontal overlaps in the markets for the retail and wholesale supply for fixed broadband and mobile services. Latest developments On 20 February 2024, the Commission cleared the transaction subject to commitments. The Commission was concerned that: (i) the transaction will create the largest operator by customer numbers; (ii) the parties are close competitors; and (iii) the transaction may have led to significant price increases for consumers in Spain.To address the Commission’s concerns, the parties offered to: (i) divest spectrum held by held by MásMóvil to Digi across three frequency spectrum bands, two medium frequency bands (1,800 MHz and 2,100 MHz) and one high frequency band (3.5 GHz); and (ii) enter an optional national roaming agreement, which Digi can decide to use or not. Parties •

CASE HUB ARCHIVED—this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision of 20 March 2023; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline. Case facts Outline European Commission merger investigation into the proposed acquisition of VOO SA and Brutélé by Orange Belgium SA (M.10663). The transaction involves horizontal overlaps in the market for the supply of retail mobile and fixed telecommunication services. Latest developments On 20 March 2023, the Commission cleared the merger subject to commitments. The Commission was concerned that the transaction would: (i) reduce the number of operators from three to two in areas covered by VOO and Brutélé's own fixed networks, so eliminating Orange as an innovative and significant competitive constraint; (ii) significantly reduce competition in the markets where Orange, VOO and Brutélé are close competitors (fixed internet access, audio-visual services and multiple-play bundles) in the areas covered by VOO and Brutélé's own fixed networks; and (iii) increase the likelihood of coordination on the affected retail markets between the remaining operators in areas covered by VOO and Brutélé's own fixed networks.To

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Law360: The British Council will not have to rehire an employee it fired following allegations that he had sexually assaulted a British embassy staff member because there was no basis to conclude the investigations into his conduct were flawed, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.

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