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In the debate about rules in Germany's mobile phone industry, politicians are in favor of strengthening smaller providers. The digital policy spokesman for the Green Party's parliamentary group in the... | June 17, 2023
German MPs seek to strengthen smaller mobile phone tariff providers
Competition in the German mobile phone market could soon intensify: With a so-called service provider obligation, the large German cell phone network operators are to be forced to let smaller... | June 17, 2023
A small village two hours west of Berlin has struggled for years to get broadband internet access — without success. Then the COVID pandemic turned bad connectivity into a serious problem.
German parliament this week adopted a law regulating data protection and privacy in telecommunications and telemedia. For the first time, the legislator transposed EU requirements on cookies from the bloc’s e-privacy directive. EURACTIV Germany reports. German data protection was until recently regulated by a series of laws. That led to legal uncertainty due to partially contradictory provisions. Both the Telemedia Act (TMG) and the recently amended Telecommunications Act (TKG) have prompted uncertainty in some quarters. The Data Protection Act passed on Thursday (20 May) intends to unify t...