(See below the Update of October 17, 2013, concerning the final opinion of Berec) Berec, the European agency based in Riga representing the national telecom regulators (such as AGCOM, ARCEP, OFCOM ecc) […]
The future of the Internet (German humour, well done!)
The future of the Internet with some humour, only for German speakers (sorry). Thanks to Cristoforo Morandini who alerted me about this great stuff.
The freedom not to have Internet: the European reform of net neutrality
The fundamental paradigm of net neutrality may change soon in Europe. The well-expected Single Market Reform of Commissioner Kroes, due to be announced on September 11, 2013, will likely contain provisions on […]
The concerns about financial stability of incumbents take priority over the regulatory agenda of the European Commission
Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, appears to be more committed to preserve the financial stability of historical telcos (incumbents) rather than pursuing a consistent and credible regulatory agenda […]
European Single Market: the honeymoon between Kroes and big telcos is over
Background: the European Commission intends to radically reform the regulatory framework for electronic communications services, in order to overcome the current fragmentation (28 countries and respective markets) and create a Single European […]
Net neutrality and competition: the European Commission shakes the European market
The European Commission has started investigations over dominant European ISPs (at least Orange, Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica) in order to verify whether they are abusing of their dominant position in the broadband […]
The end of international roaming, the beginning for the Single Market?
Today Commissioner Kroes announced a radical reform of international roaming in the European Union. The Dutsch Commissioner, leading the European Directorate for the Digital Agenda, proposed a plan whereby international roaming tariffs […]
The hands of China over Telecom Italia: how antitrust rules may perturb the deal
The envisaged purchase of a controlling stake of Telecom Italia by Chinese investors (Hutchison) is shaking the debate about the future of the Italian telecommunications market, and also raising questions about consequent […]
Liberalization of collecting societies: an accident, not a stop, from the European judges
A kind of accident for the liberalization of the collecting society sector, occurred today in Luxembourg at the European courts, will not however stop the process. The General Court of the European […]
The ups and down of European telecom regulation
Today Commissioner Kroes announced, via and ad-hoc press conference, the adoption of a well-expected proposal of regulation for the reduction of costs of rollout of broadband high-speed networks. On the same day, […]