ABSTRACT
Germany constitution, drawn up in 1948, includes Article 87 stating that post and telecommunications is the responsibility of the federal government as a part of the federal administration. Telecommunications, as a part of the German posts and telecommunications administrations, the Bundespost, is headed by a minister who is responsible not only for the entire administration but for its day-to-day management. The federal government of West Germany established a commission in 1985 to find ways of improving the telecommunications system by promoting technological innovations, developing international communications standards. With the exception of die old telephone service, any private supplier should be permitted to offer all the other telecommunications services – an open market arrangement. The installation and development of a telecommunications infrastructure covering the entire country continue to be the responsibility of the public enterprise named Telekom. The state organization Telekom continues to exercise a monopoly in regard to the telecommunications network.
