Optimistic Batelco says Kuwaiti court ruling will not affect Zain Saudi deal

Following on from the recommendations made by Norway’s EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) back in November 2008, the Norwegian Post & Telecoms Regulatory Authority (NPT) has announced that the country’s fixed line incumbent Telenor will no longer face regulation in the retail market for leased lines (previously known as Market 7) or the wholesale market for leased lines above 8Mbps (Market 14). With Telenor having previously been designated as having significant market power (SMP) in both sectors, on the back of the NPT’s review of market regulation it has concluded that neither market qualifies for specific ex ante regulation. While both areas of service had been excluded from the standard recommendations on market regulation, the NPT was tasked with considering each market separately to see whether effective competition exists. [More]

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