Press Release: Commission clears Deutsche Telekom’s first sale of a regional cable TV network in Germany

The European Commission has granted regulatory clearance under the Merger Control Regulation to the sale of Deutsche Telekom's (DT's) regional cable TV network in Nordrhein Westfalen to Callahan Invest Limited. The sale is expected to lead to more competition in communications services, as sought in the Commission's 1999 Cable Directive. In its assessment of the transaction, the Commission found that the operation would not create or strengthen a dominant position.