It has been a busy two weeks in Brussels. The Council of the ukraine phone number library European Union has given its final approval to the adoption of the European Code of Conduct for Electronic Communications. This follows the European Parliament's vote in favour of the code in mid-November, and a year since the EU reached agreement on the rules.
After two years of development, the Code mainly covers four areas: ubiquitous and unrestricted connectivity; harmonisation of competencies of national regulatory authorities (NRAs); harmonisation of spectrum issues and revised rules on services. While harmonisation is key to the regulator’s activities and the rules governing radio frequencies in all Member States, several specific points were highlighted:
When it comes to 5G, the Code advocates “binding and enforceable rules to strengthen the coordination of spectrum management in the EU, with a greater focus on adapting spectrum rules to the future challenges of 5G.” The European Commission (the executive branch responsible for the day-to-day running of the EU) and the NCA “will consider elements of the planned national designation procedures of individual Member States that have greater impact on market and business development. In addition, this option would place greater emphasis on the investment environment for dense 5G networks.”
In terms of services, all member states will establish a public warning system to further enhance the protection of residents. A “reverse 112” system will be introduced, which will send alerts to people’s mobile phones in the event of a natural disaster, terrorist attack or other major emergency in their area. It should be in force for three and a half years after the code comes into force (see below).
In terms of consumer protection, the Code will extend the rules to services provided via the internet, such as mobile applications. “Member States will also have to lay down rules for compensation in the event of misconduct by providers of electronic communications networks or services.”
The Council also approved a new mandate for the Authority of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC), a system-wide telecoms regulator. The Authority will be tasked with creating an “investment-friendly and pro-competition framework that will lay the foundation for the rollout of 5G across Europe.” New rules on long-distance calls and messages were also adopted: the retail price of intra-EU mobile or fixed-line calls from a consumer’s home country to another EU country will be capped at 19 cents per minute. The cap for intra-EU text messages will be 6 cents per message.
Both regulations, approved by the Council of Ministers, are to be signed by the European Council and the European Parliament on 12 December and published in the Official Journal of the EU on 17 December. Both acts will enter into force three days after their publication. Member States will have a two-year transition period before this Code must be incorporated into national law.
The Council also reviewed progress on the ePrivacy regulation. The proposal aims to align with the GDPR and covers applications such as instant messaging, VoIP and other web-based communications. In November, communications ministers agreed to postpone a vote on the bill, meaning the regulation is unlikely to be adopted before the next European elections in May 2019.
Source: telecoms.com
legislation
You may also be interested in
Regulation0
Voice robot for call center of insurance company
According to McKinsey, by 2025, robotic systems will be used in a quarter of all operating rooms.
Regulation0
Why is Chat GPT needed in chatbots?
Scenarios for using text neural networks in the structure of chatbots A study recently published in the journal Research Methods
Regulation0
Control of VATS expenses
How to pay only for calls that bring profit? Each employee pays for personal calls from
Technorecipes0
How a telecom operator can maintain customer loyalty
Today, the telecommunications sector has very high competition between providers. Moreover, the consumer is becoming increasingly
Regulation0
SIP Trunk Services Market Expects Rapid Growth
SIP trunking has played a major role in reducing the communication costs of many enterprises thanks to the technology
Regulation0
A wave of strange late-night text messages has swept the United States.
If you wake up in the middle of the night to a strange message that seems completely out of place, you are not
Add a comment
Name *
Email *
Website
Comment
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Search
Search
Tags
5G CRM IoT IT MVNO SIM cards SMS VATS data legislation calls cases operators roaming market connection telephony technologies trends
Recent Posts
MCN Telecom Voice Robot: Experience of Use in the Tesla Young Engineers Club
Chatbot for an educational organization: implementation and use experience
Sending calls to email - what is it and how to use it?
Virtual PBX Integrations - What is it and why is it needed?
Why do you need Call Recording and how
