{"id":12426,"date":"2018-06-06T11:25:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T10:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/gsma_resources\/gsma-comments-on-the-agreement-on-eecc\/"},"modified":"2018-06-06T11:25:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T10:25:28","slug":"gsma-comments-on-the-agreement-on-eecc","status":"publish","type":"gsma_theme_resources","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/gsma_resources\/gsma-comments-on-the-agreement-on-eecc\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA Comments on the Agreement on EECC: Europe Passes Up Opportunity To Demonstrate 5G Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>6 June 2018, Brussels:<\/strong> The European Commission, Parliament and Council have\u00a0 reached\u00a0a political agreement on the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC). In the\u00a0GSMA\u2019s view, this agreement is a political compromise that fails to confront long term\u00a0challenges for the European telecommunication sector and could hinder deployment of 5G\u00a0networks in Europe, weakening the region&#8217;s competitiveness and harming European citizens.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, these setbacks include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Investment uncertainty:<\/strong> the GSMA is disappointed that the agreement does not<br \/>\ndeliver sufficiently on the ambition to provide a strong, pro-investment regulatory<br \/>\nreform. The GSMA believes that only such an assurance would allow the industry to<br \/>\nmake the necessary investments that would ultimately benefit consumers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lack of harmonisation:<\/strong> while some constructive provisions have been introduced,<br \/>\nthe main issues remain untouched. These include ensuring meaningful convergence<br \/>\nof spectrum awards across the Member States, and reassuring investors that<br \/>\nlicenses will have a longer duration than today.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lack of a level playing field:<\/strong> despite some progress, the agreement fails to address<br \/>\nthe fact that the European telecoms sector is still over-regulated, in some key areas,<br \/>\nresulting in it not benefitting from a level-playing field. The agreement does align<br \/>\nsome consumer rights attached to the use of all interpersonal services providers, but<br \/>\nmany differences still remain. A policy of \u2018same service, same rules\u2019 would lead to<br \/>\nmore competition, innovation and consumer benefit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Additional retail price regulation<\/strong> the adopted measures on intra-EU calls are<br \/>\nunjustified, as consumers and businesses enjoy a variety of choices for making calls<br \/>\nto other EU countries. Moreover, the agreement infringes EU law, notably the<br \/>\nprinciples of subsidiarity and proportionality enshrined in the Treaty on the European<br \/>\nUnion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Afke Schaart, VP and Head of Europe at the GSMA said: \u201cAs shown in the past, Europe has<br \/>\nthe ability to overcome difficult decisions and ensure a more solid and scalable EU market.<br \/>\nWe are disappointed that this crucial opportunity &#8211; for citizens as well as for the 5G industry &#8211;\u00a0as not fully grasped, and strongly believe in the need of a better deal for Europe\u2019s global\u00a0digital competitiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180606-GSMA-Comments-on-EECC.pdf\">GSMA Comments on EECC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contacts<\/strong><br \/>\nOlivier Lechien, PR Director, Europe<br \/>\n+32 479 99 01 63<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:olechien@gsma.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">olechien@gsma.com <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the\u00a0GSMA\u2019s view, this agreement is a political compromise that fails to confront long term\u00a0challenges for the European telecommunication sector and could hinder deployment of 5G\u00a0networks in Europe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"image":null,"json":{"gsma_resources_type":"Document","gsma_resources_thumb":"[]","gsma_resources_file":"[6600]","gsma_resources_multi":null,"gsma_resources_wgr":null,"gsma_resources_video":null,"gsma_resources_image":"[]","gsma_resources_url":"","gsma_resources_date":"06-06-2018","gsma_resources_button":"Download"}},"tags":[],"resource_categories":[2856],"algolia_discover_type":[5022],"class_list":["post-12426","gsma_theme_resources","type-gsma_theme_resources","status-publish","hentry","resource_categories-public-consultation-response","algolia_discover_type-resource"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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