Spain's CNMC to ensure rivals can replicate Telefonica's large-client offers

Nieuws Breedband Spanje 9 AUG 2018
Spain's CNMC to ensure rivals can replicate Telefonica's large-client offers
Spanish regulator CNMC announced plans to ensure that alternative operators are able to replicate services supplied to large private and public customers by incumbent Telefonica. The watchdog said its new tool will allow it to decide whether to fine Telefonica and demand remedies if its services cannot be provided by smaller rivals.

CNMC said a new methodology, which marks a first among European regulators, allows it to analyse offers tailor made for clients such as multinationals and universities. It was developed using individual studies of bespoke service agreements provided to large clients including one to the autonomous regional government of the Basque region, which led to a EUR 8.5 million fine for Telefonica.

The tool, which comes in the wake of a public consultation held in 2017, allows CNMC to analyse which wholesale services are used and how costs break down between the wholesale network and those run by alternative operators. 

In May, CNMC launched an investigation into alleged breaches by Telefonica of its requirement to provide wholesale colocation access to its main exchanges. 

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