Market developments: the European regulatory perspective

1. Market developments: the European regulatory perspective DG Information Society – Katarzyna Szczuka”The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official European Commission's view on the subject.” dariusz.rozanski@szczesliwice.net

2. Outline: • Introduction • Lessons from implementation • Review • Conclusion dariusz.rozanski@szczesliwice.net

3. Introduction • regulatory framework adopted in 2002 • A pro-competitive framework that promotes innovation and investment, growth and jobs • 3 main objectives: competition, single market, citizen’s interests

4. 2. Market outlook: Dynamism • Growth • Convergence • Investment • Innovation

5. Growth Source: COCOM07-36 Final – situation at 1st January 2007

6. Convergence Source: COM(2007) 155 – March 2007

7. 3.Challenges (1): a single market • True European single market exists from the technological and economic viewpoint but not from the regulatory one • The telecom sector is a sector in which the single market should enable costs to be saved and efficiency to be increased by means of economies of scale. • While the regulatory framework has led to significant benefits for citizens and businesses, there are still obstacles to the full exploitation of the available potential.

8. Challenges (2) – inconsistency • experience shows progress has been made in the coherent implementation of the regulatory framework particularly for market definition and market analysis. • however in certain areas (i.e. imposition of remedies), scope for more effective regulation and better consistency of remedies remains • remedies imposed are not always consistent, even in similar cases • NRAs should impose regulatory obligations which are appropriate to remedy the identified problem or market players present in several MS may face diverse regulatory environments.

9. Challenges 3: effective and timely regulatory action • NRAs intervention should be effective and appropriate and also timely. • Independence of NRAs remains a crucial issue. • NRAs must be stable as institutions and must have the proper resources they need and sufficient numbers of personnel. • They must be able and willing to take decisive action and effectively use enforcement powers in case of breach. • Electronic communications markets evolve quickly, regulatory intervention measures must be implemented in an expedient manner.

10. 4. Review – Competition as the principle How to sustain our lead and expand our strengths? • deregulation of telecommunications markets as far as possible in places where effective competition has already been established. • focusing ex-ante regulation on markets where effective competition shows little prospect of emerging in the short to medium term, and to make such regulation speedier, more effective and more consistent across the EU. • creating a framework forallocation and use of radio frequencies in Europe that is more effective, market-oriented and competitive. dariusz.rozanski@szczesliwice.net

11. 5.Conclusions dariusz.rozanski@szczesliwice.net

12. Personal details: Name: Surname: Company: E-mail: Katarzyna Szczuka European Commission, DG INFSO B3 Katarzyna.szczuka@ec.europa.eu dariusz.rozanski@szczesliwice.net