Comments on: Ofcom’s Ed Richards: EU telecoms maximum harmonisation = Max Harm

By: Analysis of European Telecom Market Authority | The IP Development Network Blog

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:47:55 +0000

[...] This is a power struggle and it could get a bit spicy. It might even be fun to watch two outspoken personalities such as Ed Richards and Viviane Reding slug it out – it certainly started that way. The European Commission has publicly questioned whether the UK’s top telecoms regulator has any idea what he’s talking about when it comes to, er, telecoms regulation. [...]

By: EU telecommunications regulation - centralise or decentralise - that is the question… « ECJ Watch

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:10:12 +0000

[...] Ofcomwatch posted a comment on the recent EC proposals on reforming the framework for EU telecommunications (analysis here). The current framework works quite well, but the idea is to improve it, enable it to face new challenges and toÂ assist the EU telecoms industry in competing on the global market. Viviane Reding (the information society commissioner) contemplates setting up of an EU regulatory body to oversee national regulators in this area. [...]

By: John Middleton

John Middleton — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:06:10 +0000

Quite a public gambit by Ofcom – be interesting to see if theres any response from Reding & Co. Personally not sure whether the market authority is a bargaining chip in the Commission’s hand or whether they are that keen on having the thing…