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recommendation that opens up a removal of price regulation of fibre is a key factor for creating a more investment-friendly regulation.’ But not everyone is keen to adopt the entire
package. Amid wider industry concerns over the single transfer of authority from national regulators to the EU as well as complaints over a lack of public consultation, ETNO has stepped up to voice its members’ gripes. Te organisation agrees with Commission vice-president Kroes’s diagnosis of the European telecoms market and shares the over-arching objectives of the proposed package, but believes additional measures are crucial to achieve a successful single market in today’s telecoms sector. ‘You know, we as consumers enjoy the best
prices and quite a good quality of service compared to other regions but change has come,’ says ETNO’s director, Daniel Pataki. According to Pataki, greater deregulation across
the entire telecoms sector is critical and he emphasises how the EC package will fail to initiate significant deregulation in fixed-access networks. His organisation recommends, for example, substantial deregulation of fixed-line wholesale access to kick-start investment in next-generation
Despite the industry’s desire for more, any package is unlikely to be adopted before April
networks and services, as well as levelling the playing field between network operators and ‘over-the-top’ service providers. ‘Te proposals do not address the excessive
regulatory burden on the main network investors in Europe... access regulation should focus on one level of the network only and price regulation should end where there are competing next- generation access infrastructures,’ he says. He also believes communications services
should be re-defined to ensure competing services receive equal treatment. ‘When you are looking at regulation, it’s not just about new technologies and infrastructure, the whole value chain has changed,’ he says. ‘We have so-called internet players, social media... the connected continent is a good step in
the right direction, but we think it should be more ambitious.’ “In July 2012, Krues announced an initial plan
to revise recommendations and costing and we see this as a symbolic change,’ he adds. ‘Te connected continent is a second step to revising regulation, but a thorough review should be carried out at the next term of the commission.’ But despite the industry’s desire for more, any
telecoms package is unlikely to be adopted before the current European Parliament dissolves in April, for elections in May. As member states consider the telecoms package, Greece, currently holding the rotating presidency of the EU’s Council of Ministers is asking these nations to concentrate negotiations on proposals more likely to be completed ahead of elections. In light of the now widely acknowledged
decreases in revenue and investment, regulatory change is inevitable. As Eircom’s Galvin puts it: ‘We need to get the balance right between getting rid of parts of the framework that are not delivering and not throwing out anything that is progressive. But we do need new framework elements that recognise sustainable investment challenges,’ he adds. ‘Tis has to take priority.’l
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