Esme Vos “reports on MuniWireless”:1 about the telecom policies being enacted in the Netherlands. The policies, which will force cable companies to open their networks to competitors. This policy brings their cable regulation in line with their telco regulation that requires the phone companies to provide open access to their competitors:
bq. OPTA, the Netherlands telecoms regulator, is planning to force cable companies in the Netherlands to open up their networks to competitors. This comes as no surprise to people following European telecoms regulatory affairs. The EU member states have forced the incumbent telcos to open up their networks to competitors, so it just makes sense for them to force the cable companies to do the same.
What strikes me is how this is *the exact opposite* of how the FCC decided this issue last year. It also strikes me that the Netherlands policy is far more forward thinking and promotes healthy competition, unlike the monopoly policy of the FCC.
[1]http://www.muniwireless.com/municipal/watch/1078/
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