Germany

The German government reportedly set aside a total pot of €20 billion to be distributed by 2027 to bolster the country’s semiconductor industry, half of which has already been allocated to US giant Intel.

Germany’s competition regulator revealed it is examining whether Vantage Towers or Vodafone’s local unit unlawfully hampered newcomer 1&1’s progress in building its mobile network.

A German authority designated Apple as a company with outstanding cross-market importance for competition, a move which could expose the iPhone maker to early interventions from the regulator on activity deemed uncompetitive.

Germany’s mobile operators told the country’s regulator they had largely met coverage obligations required in the terms of a 5G spectrum auction in 2019, with authorities set to scrutinise claims by the four players.

Open RAN newcomer 1&1 remained confident it would meet commercial 5G network rollout expectations in Germany, despite conceding it would fall short of the regulator’s interim target of deploying 1,000 sites by the end of the year due to an…

Germany’s transport and digital infrastructure authority opened applications for a fresh batch of schemes to be funded by a €300 million pot set aside to develop open network technologies.

German regulator Bundesnetzagentur banned Deutsche Telekom’s StreamOn offer and the Vodafone Pass on net neutrality grounds, with the operators given strict deadlines to stop selling and eventually discontinue the services for existing users.