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CNMC ruling ignites spat over Telefónica wholesale price hike

2025-07-22T15:52:00

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CNMC’s attempt to recalibrate duct access pricing under MARCo regulation has triggered outrage across Spain’s telecoms sector…

This article includes:

  • Themes: Access remedy obligations; Affordability obligation; Civil infrastructure pricing; Competition; Copper-to-fibre transition; Economic replicability test (ERT); Gigabit Infrastructure Act (GIA); Gigabit Recommendation; Market analysis; Network relationships; Public consultation; Regulation; Universal service provision; Wholesale access pricing.
  • Events: CNMC MARCo ruling; CNMC methodology update; Court challenges; European Commission review; Fibre pricing dispute; Gigabit Regulation implementation; Operator merger; Public consultation (September 2024); Replicability methodology approval (February 2025); Wholesale pricing update (June 2025).
  • People: José María Álvarez-Pallete; Marc Murtra.
  • Geographic: Spain.
  • Organisations: Aotec; Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC); European Commission; Expansión; MásOrange; MÁSMÓVIL; Orange Spain; Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI); Telefónica; Vodafone Spain; Zegona Communications. 

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