Are charges for interconnection and/or network access subject to price or cost regulation and, if so, how?
BNetzA has imposed an ex-ante price control on SMP operators for, inter alia, interconnection and unbundled access to the local loop. Prices are approved by BNetzA on the basis of the costs of efficient service provision which are derived from the long run incremental cost of providing the service and appropriate mark-up for volume neutral common cost, inclusive of a reasonable return on capital employed, as far as these costs are required to provide the service. International benchmarking may be taken into account. 4.4 In the local loop are existing owners of access infrastructure required to unbundle their facilities and if so, on what terms or regulatory controls? BNetzA has imposed on Deutsche Telekom the obligation to offer fully unbundled access to the local loop, shared access and access to necessary co-location facilities. In addition, Deutsche Telekom is required to publish respective reference offers setting out the specifics. Currently, such reference offers are either dispu
