Electronic communications: The French Competition Council issues an opinon on fixed telephony: A small step towards deregulation (Fix telephony)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. – Conc. conc. opinion no. 08-A-11 of 18 June 2008 relating to a request for an opinion from ARCEP pursuant to Article L. 37-1 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, on the analysis of the retail and wholesale fixed telephony markets On 18 June, the Competition Council issued an opinion as part of the now customary exercise of analysing potentially regulated electronic communications markets (CPCE, art. L. 37-1, D. 301 and D. 302). This opinion is part of the second cycle of analysis over the period 2008-2011 and complies with the new Commission Recommendation of 17 December 2007, which reduces the number of regulated markets to seven. Fixed