EU: New Telecoms Rules Become Law
New EU telecoms rules officially became law last week. They are composed of the Better Regulation Directive and the Citizens’ Rights Directive and will need to be transposed into national laws of the 27 EU Member States by June 2011. The new regulation also means that the new European telecoms regulator BEREC will be operational in a few weeks.
BEREC will provide a force for consistent regulation across Europe strengthening the single telecoms market. This final step in the EU legislative process follows the final agreement between the European Parliament and Council in November.
Nick White, INTUG Executive Vice President, welcomed the adoption of the EU Framework into law, and said, “INTUG believes that the key elements of ICT strategy, which applies not just to Europe, should include increased competition and choice for businesses and citizens, roll-out of Next Generation Access Networks with ubiquitous broadband, enabling of a dynamic mobile society and economy with more coordinated use of spectrum, and leveraging of communications tools to release enhanced business productivity for economic recovery. INTUG will work closely with the European Commission and the new BEREC authority to pursue these aims within the European Union”.
Read the full press release.
Source: EC
