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Norway: Top telco forced to share

By  |  January 22, 2014

Norway’s largest telco, Telenor, will be required to share its network assets with rivals following a ruling by the nation’s telecom watchdog the NPT.

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    The authority announced Monday that Telenor must offer up its fiber network after an acquisition spree expanded the company’s reach. As such, the NPT ruled that Telenor is dominant enough in the broadband market for regulation to be necessary, say reports.

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    Despite the regulation, authorities have not announced a price cap for Telenor to lease its assets to rivals, arguing that there is sufficient competition in the telco industry that such price regulation is not necessary.

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