EU pleads for pro-competitive market
For the time being the EU has no concrete plans to regulate the rise of triple play, apart from the existing legislation for competition and the reduction of monopolies. In one of her speeches, Vivian Reding said that the EU ‘cannot tolerate national fragmented national approaches which may favour only the former national incumbents and could thereby block competition and the development of a true European market for electronic communications’.
Also, Reding expects that Voice over Internet Protocol, i.e. Internet telephony, will lead to more diverse and innovative services which may well have an even bigger impact on consumers and businesses than email. ‘IP-based networks and services will be the basis for a whole new range of communications services, not only benefiting consumers directly, but feeding through directly to the whole economy. I am convinced that, as the market develops, the European Commission and national regulators will jointly ensure that throughout the EU, the roll-out of new IP-based services will not be hindered by regulatory hurdles’.
Sources:
http://www.euractiv.com/29/images/Reding_Munich_tcm29-151856.pdf
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/05/167&format=PDF&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
maart 21, 2006 at 10:46
Nice log, since it is up-to-date.
Maybe you can add links to your fellow-webloggers?
maart 21, 2006 at 15:57
In response to the hope for “interesting discussions”, what really is the problem with triple play?
maart 27, 2006 at 16:30
Could you elaborate on the different characteristics of the sector(s) which are working on triple play? This might be useful to recognize whether any regulation is necessary or superfluous. Or do you think that the technical aspects themselves are more important for triple play than the market structure? How do they relate?
maart 28, 2006 at 13:07
The discussion on your weblogs shows that you got a hot topic. The outlay of the weblog is fine. You provided some up-to-date material. Some of the comments show, however, it is not very clear where you are heading. Therefore think about a good research question along the following lines: is there a necessity to intervene in these markets or can companies do their triple play strategies without policy intervention. Furthermore, you need to clarify what do you mean by triple play services (voice, data, TV) but at which transmission speed? Can ADSl2+ provide this speed? Therefore think about your definitions as well.