EC Consults on non-Discriminatory Access and Wholesale Cost Methodology

4 October 2011

Yesterday the European Commission launched a consultation on non-discriminatory access to dominant operator network services and another on cost methodologies for the provision of wholesale services.

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European Telecom Users to Benefit From New Rules

24 May 2011

Tomorrow (25 May) new EU rules to ensure more competition on the telecom market and better services for customers will take effect. Among other things, users should be able to switch operators in one day without losing their existing number and enjoy better protection of their online personal data, according to the European Commission.

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EC Committed to Open Internet Principles

19 April 2011

The European Commission published a report (PDF) today which underlines the need to ensure that citizens and businesses are easily able to access an open and neutral Internet.

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Europe’s NRAs Investigate Traffic Management Practices

19 April 2011

Europe’s national regulators are to launch the first pan-European investigation into telecoms companies’ controversial data traffic management practices, in an attempt to safeguard so-called net neutrality principles, the Financial Times reports (registration required).

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European Telcos Call for Structurally Separate Netcos

2 April 2011

This week chief financial and operating officers from leading telecoms competitors met with the European Commission and major banks to exchange views about the conditions needed to allow investment in ultra-fast fiber networks.

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ITU: Effective Regulation Critical to Economic Growth

1 April 2011

In response to the influence of ICTs on the shape and growth of other economic sectors an increasingly robust yet complex regulatory landscape has emerged over the last ten years, according to a new report by the ITU.

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NRAs And Industry Discuss Regulation, Economy

15 November 2009

Delegates to ITU’s 9th Global Symposium for Regulators, held 10-12 November in Beirut, Lebanon, spoke of the pressing need for governments to open markets to greater competition and use incentives to stimulate investment in the broadband networks that are becoming the lifeblood of the so-called knowledge economy.

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European NRAs Welcome Progress of Legislative Framework

23 October 2008

National regulators in the EU welcome the progress of the European legislative framework for electronic communications and underline the need for further strengthening of their independence, according to a press release from the European Regulators Group (ERG).

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