BERLIN (Reuters) -All-you-can-watch video products offered by Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom in Germany violated regional rules on roaming and net neutrality, the European Union's highest court ruled on Thursday. Germany's BNetzA network regulator ordered https://www.reuters.com/article/us-deutsche-telekom-regulator-idUKKBN1E91VM Deutsche Telekom in 2018 to offer such products on the same terms throughout the EU, triggering a court battle. Zero-tariff options "are contrary to the regulation on open internet access," the European Court of Justice said in a two-page ruling made after two German courts hearing the cases against Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom https://www.reuters.com/article/deutsche-telekom-regulator-idCNL8N24G2WX sought its opinion. EU rules require mobile operators to allow customers to "roam like at home" and to pay the same tariffs regardless of where they are located. Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, BNetzA and the VZBV have yet to respond to the court decision.

Source: The Star September 02, 2021 08:40 UTC