DerDatentarif StreamOn of Deutsche Telekom may not remain so, wait is currently designed. DieBundesnetzagentur has prohibited details of mobile data flatrate. Individual points of zubuchbarenOption violated rules on net neutrality and roaming, Teiltedie authority.

DasPrinzip of fare: DieNutzung of certain DatenintensiverAudio and Videodienstewie Spotify, Netflix, Apple Music, Amazon, Netflix and Youtubewird not data volume of contract. Zero rating means such an offer. Critics see this as a generellenVerstoß against net neutrality, i.e. equal treatment of all data. The Federal Network agency, however, considers package essentially admissible.

DieAufsichtsbehörde bumps Nuram small print in DenTelekom-Verträgen.So will be reduced in tariff l data transfer rate for Videostreamingauf DVD quality, but audio streaming is not. DieTelekomdürfe experience may reduce or not, but Müssedabei will treat audio and video services equally. Eineunterschiedliche treatment of media types violates principle of equal treatment for all traffic. "This principle ensures that Internet can continue to be an equally innovative services, especially for start-ups," said Federal network agency.

Telekom has two weeks to respond

Second point of criticism concerns use of EU countries: consumers are currently unable to use STREAMON in European countries as imInland and benefit from roam-like-at-home principle. "Währendim Inland data volume of StreamOn Services is unlimited, with of use in EU-abroad StreamOn genutzteDatenvolumen from data volume of magenta fare deducted", Bemängeltedie Federal network agency.

DieTelekommuss now respond within two weeks and eliminate DerBundesnetzagentur GenanntenMängel. According to paragraph 126Telekommunikationsgesetzkann, Behördebestimmte services prohibit and impose high penalties for enforcement.

Vodafone is also tested

Dernetzpolitische spokesman of Greens group in Bundestag, Konstantinvon Notz, Kritisiertedie decision not to prohibit zero rating in principle as "GefährlichenPräzedenzfall". Conceded that DerBundesnetzagentur were "hands-bound": "The EU rules explicitly allow such offers. It is dasdirekte result of long-term laissez-faire-policy of federal government and its refusal to Netzneutralitäteffektiv legally to ensure that or providers are now going to pursue similar offers – at burden of VonMitbewerbern, who Diversity and consumer UndVerbraucher, "said time online. In specific case, however, competitors of Telekom partner services seem not to be penalised. Telekom has always stressed that "all interested parties" would have " same opportunity to cooperate with us free of charge".

In addition to Telekom, Vodafone has also been using such a fare on market since end of September. The Federal Network agency also has a Prüfungangekündigt here.

Date Of Update: 10 October 2017, 12:08