Margin Squeeze in Regulated Industries: The CFI Judgment in the Deutsche Telekom Case

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Pierre-André Buigues, Robert Klotz, Jul 10, 2008

n its long-awaited ruling of April 10, 2008, the Court of First Instance upheld the decision of the European Commission imposing on the German incumbent operator Deutsche Telekom a fine of EUR 12.6 million for abuse of a dominant position on the market for local access to its fixed network. The Commission found that the German incumbent operator had charged, between 1998 and 2003,