Sweden proposes law, seeks open broadband market

Sweden proposed on Tuesday its telecom regulator be given extra powers to ensure the country's broadband market was open, legislation that could require TeliaSonera to make structural changes. The legislation is aimed at making sure that former monopoly provider TeliaSonera does not discriminate in providing access to its copper wire network. Last autumn, not long after draft legislation was proposed, TeliaSonera created a separate company for its copper and fibre networks with a requirement that the unit sell access to them on equal terms to all wholesale companies. The move pre-empted government legislation, but the bill announced on Tuesday could give the regulator power to ask for further changes if it believes the broadband market is not open.
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