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On May 8, 2008, the Federal Network Agency terminated the proceedings against Deutsche Telekom AG (DT AG) for abusive conduct in the provision of [...].
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On May 7, 2008, the Federal Network Agency published in its official gazette the annual statistics for 2007 on the interception of telecommunications for the purposes of criminal proceedings pursuant to Section 110 Paragraph [...].
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On May 21, 2008, the German Federal Cabinet adopted a draft amendment to the Unfair Competition Act (UWG). The law gives [...]
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