Electronic communications: The French Competition Authority delivers an opinion on the intervention of local authorities in the very fast broadband networks using (Optical fiber)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Aut. conc. opinion n° 12-A-02 of 17 January 2012 on a request for an opinion from the Senate Committee on the Economy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning on the framework for action by local and regional authorities with regard to the deployment of very high-speed networks. Adopted on the basis of Article L. 461-5 of the Commercial Code, the opinion was requested by the Senate's Commission for the Economy, Sustainable Development and Land Use Planning. In the context of the national "very high-speed broadband" programme (PNTHD) on which the Competition Authority has already issued an opinion (Opinion No. 10-A-07 of 17 March 2010 on a