German regulator may require cable operators to open networks to third parties - FAZ

Germany's regulator is considering requiring cable TV operators to provide network access to third parties, in a shift that could affect talks on a European merger between Vodafone and Liberty Global.The proposed deal's main prize would be to bring together Vodafone's German cable operation with Unitymedia, Liberty's local unit, which operate in separate federal states and would, if combined, cover the country."The cable operators shouldn't be too sure of themselves," Jochen Homann, head of the