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German High Court approves Unitymedia’s ‘free’ Wi-Fi network

April 25, 2019 12.06 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia is entitled to activate a separate Wi-Fi hotspot on its customers’ internet routers without their prior consent.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal, Top Story Tagged With: hotspot, Supreme Court, Unitymedia, Verbraucherzentrale NRW, Wi-Fi, WifiSpot Edited: April 26, 2019 12:42

Court pushes back Unitymedia’s ‘free’ Wi-Fi network

June 8, 2017 23.17 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia is not allowed to transform the internet routers of its customers into Wi-Fi hotspots accessible to other customers without explicit customer approval, according to a ruling by the district court of Cologne.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal, Technology, Top Story Tagged With: hotspots, Liberty Global, Unitymedia, UPC, Verbraucherzentrale NRW, Wi-Fi network, Wi-Free, WifiSpot, Ziggo Edited: June 12, 2017 10:25

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