01 February 2012
Following BEREC's plenary meeting to be held in Vienna on 23 and 24
February 2012, a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on
1 March 2012 from 11h00 to 13h00. The debriefing will take
place at Albert Borschette Conference Centre, rue Froissart № 36,
1040 Brussels.
The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration
is required for all those attending. If you wish to attend, please
complete the
registration form and return it by e-mail to
berec@berec.europa.eu until 24 February 2012. After closing
the registration you will receive an invitation letter, which you will
have to use to gain admission to the meeting. |
20 January 2012
COMMON STATEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, THE BODY OF EUROPEAN
REGULATORS FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE OFFICE
OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS concerning the Art 7 a Phase II cases
PL/2011/1255-1258, PL/2011/1260, PL/2011/1273. Read the full statement
here. |
19 January 2012
The draft BEREC Report on special rate services, of which the
consultation started on 9 January 2012, refers to a report on the
“Buying power for the purchase of call origination to 0800 numbers”,
referred to as: SEO (2011), this report can be found
here. |
16 January 2012
Following requests from the stakeholders, BEREC would like to inform
that the deadline for contributions to the public consultation on
the draft BEREC Broadband Promotion Report is extended until
23 January 2012. |
09 January 2012
Today BEREC is launching public consultations on three draft BEREC Reports,
as follows:
1.
Draft BEREC Report on impact of fixed-mobile substitution in market definition;
Deadline for contributions: 10 February 2012. Read the full announcement
here.
2.
Draft Report on the special rate services; Deadline for contributions: 10
February 2012. Read the full announcement
here.
3. Draft Report on competitive effects of NGA co-investments.
See technical annexes. Deadline for contributions:
10 March 2012. Read the full announcement
here.
Stakeholders are invited to send their contributions, preferably in
English, to e-mail: pm@berec.europa.eu
within the deadlines specified above. |
04 January 2012
ARCEP, the French regulator, is holding a public consultation on
a draft decision implementing a quarterly campaign for gathering
information on the technical and pricing terms governing data conveyance
and interconnection. This draft
decision concerns natural persons or legal entities whose
activity or business is likely to have a significant impact on end users
located in France. Stakeholders outside France may answer this
consultation, which can be found on ARCEP’s website: click
here.
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16 December 2011
BEREC is holding a public consultation on its draft
Medium-term Strategy Outlook. Stakeholders are invited to send
their answers by 16 January 2012 to e-mail to
berec@berec.europa.eu. Read
the full announcement
here.
BEREC is holding a public consultation on the draft
BEREC
Broadband Promotion Report. Stakeholders are invited to send
their answers by 23 January 2012 via e-mail to
pm@berec.europa.eu. Read the
full announcement
here.
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15 December 2011
BEREC Opinion - Phase II investigation pursuant to Article 7a of
Directive 2002/21/EC as amended by Directive 2009/140/EC has been
published
here and
here.
Results to recent public consultations have been published on the
relevant webpage.
Today, BEREC held a public debriefing from its plenary meeting,
which took place in Bucharest on 8 and 9 December 2011. All interested
parties may find the presentation made during the debriefing
here.
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9 December 2011
The Summary Report on the outcome of the voting of the BEREC Board of
Regulators on the BEREC Opinions on the Phase II cases under the Article
7a of the revised Framework Directive has been published
here. |
1 December 2011
Following BEREC's plenary meeting to be held in Bucharest on 8 and 9
December 2011, a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on
15 December 2011 from 10h30 to 12h30. The debriefing will take place
at the Commission premises, situated
here. The debriefing
is open to all interested parties, but prior registration is required
for all those attending. If you wish to attend, please complete the
following
form
to and send it to
berec@ec.europa.eu by 9 December 2011. |
1 December 2011
BEREC held an expert workshop on IP-interconnection in cooperation with
OECD in Brussels on 2 November 2011 to bring together experts from the
IP- interconnection community and experts on interconnection from
national regulatory authorities to discuss future interconnection in an
all-IP world.
The programme and slides presented at the workshop are now available
here.
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21 October 2011
Today BEREC held a public hearing on the 2012 draft BEREC Work
Programme (WP). All interested parties may find the presentation made
during the hearing
here.
BEREC would like to remind to all stakeholders that they are invited to
send their comments on the 2012 BEREC WP by 4 November 2011 to e-mail
berec@ec.europa.eu
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14 October 2011
BEREC Office was inaugurated today in full operational capacity at its
permanent location in Riga, Latvia, by the Latvian President, Andris Bērziņš,
the Vice-President of the European Commission, Neelie Kroes, the BEREC Chairs,
Mr Chris Fonteijn – and the Latvian Prime Minister, Valdis Dombrovskis.
Vice-President Kroes pointed out: “BEREC has to play a crucial role in improving
the consistency and transparency of regulatory action in telecoms markets, and
emphasised that the opening of BEREC's Office is a prerequisite for it to carry
out its challenging role effectively, independently, and successfully.”
In that respect the Latvian side committed itself to offer to the BEREC Office a
good and warm home, in a top-ranking country for internet speed. The BEREC
Chair, Chris Fonteijn, stated: “BEREC’s ambition is become one of the
cornerstones of the broader digital and internet policy in 3 to 5 years. The
support of BEREC Office in this ambition is indispensible.”
Read more.
New : also watch BEREC's introductive
video! |
07 October 2011
The results from Berec's Plenary Session which was held in
Barcelona on 29-30 September 2011 were presented by the BEREC Chair
Chris Fonteijn at a public debriefing on 6 October 2011 in
Brussels. All interested parties can consult the
presentation
and the speaking
notes of Chris Fonteijn for further information about the
outcome from the Plenary.
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06 October 2011
BEREC is holding a public consultation on the draft BEREC Work
Programme for 2012. You may find the draft Work Programme 2012
here.
Stakeholders are invited to send their answers by 4 November 2011
via e-mail to berec@ec.europa.eu.
Read the full announcement
here.
BEREC will hold also a public hearing on the draft BEREC Work
Programme 2012 in Brussels, at the Permanente Representation of Latvia
to the EU, on 21 October 2011, from 10:30 to 12:00.
The hearing is open to all interested parties but prior registration is
required for all those attending. If you wish to attend please complete
the enclosed
registration form and return it by e-mail to
berec@ec.europa.eu by 17
October 2011.
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06 October 2011
Following the Barcelona plenary, the following
press release was
issued. Read also
Chris
Fonteijn's interview, Chairman of BEREC, in MLex. |
03 October 2011
Berec is holding a public consultation on
draft Guidelines on Net Neutrality and Transparency. Read more
information here. Stakeholders are invited to send their answers by the
2nd of November 2011 to
berec@ec.europa.eu. |
12 September 2011
Following Berec's Plenary Session which will be held in Barcelona on
29-30 September 2011 a public debriefing will be held in
Brussels (Berlaymont) on 6 October 2011 from 13h00
to 15h00.
The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration
is required for all those attending. If you wish to attend, please
complete the registration form and return it by e-mail to
berec@ec.europa.eu. You will then be sent an official invitation
letter which must be brought to gain admission to the meeting. |
31 August 2011
Press release
: BEREC presents analysis on Roaming Regulation to European Parliament |
29 August 2011
The BEREC
Analysis of the European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation on
Roaming COM (2011) 402 of 6 July 2011 (BoR 11 46) has now been published. |
26 August 2011
As part of the BEREC work programme 2011 BEREC is preparing a report on
the cross border accessibility of numbers. In order to collect
evidence from the stakeholders, a
call for contributions
on this topic is being launched. Stakeholders are invited to send their answers by the
23rd of September 2011 to
berec@ec.europa.eu. |
14 July 2011
Please note that the deadline for providing answers to the
call for input on
potential administrative barriers to the provision of business
communication services is extended until 19 August. Stakeholders
are invited to send their answers to
berec@ec.europa.eu. |
06 July 2011
Letter from
Chris Fonteijn, Chairman of BEREC, to the European Commission regarding
the draft Recommendation on Universal Services. |
05 July 2011
I herewith like to inform you about a change in the executive management
of OPTA.
As of 1 July 2011, I have been appointed chairman of the Netherlands
Competition Authority (NMa). I will retain my position as chairman of
the commission of OPTA. Mark de Jong will be in charge of the daily
executive tasks and responsibilities for OPTA. Mark de Jong is currently
the vice chairman of the OPTA commission.
Kind regards,
Chris Fonteijn
Chairman
Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority |
04 July 2011
As part of its work programme 2011, BEREC has committed itself to look
into potential administrative barriers to the cross-border provision of
business communications services. In order to collect evidence from the
stakeholders, the Framework Implementation Expert Working Group launches
a call for contributions
on this topic. Stakeholders are invited to send their answers by the
5th of August to
berec@ec.europa.eu. |
04 July 2011
News article: Fortified European Telecommunications Regulator Has
Potential to Wield Real Power |
28 June 2011
First interview
exclusive: BEREC’s chairman talks to TelecomFinance’s Jason Rainbow |
15 June 2011
A new vacancy for the BEREC
office has been published. Please apply before July 25. |
31 May 2011
Following BEREC's Plenary Meeting
in Porto held on 26-27 May 2011, this
Press Release was published.
The slides of the Debriefing session held in Brussels on 1 June 2011 are
available here.
BEREC's annual report is also now available in the
Documents section
along with other new documents. |
18 May 2011
New BEREC Chairman's
Speeches section available! |
16 May 2011
Following Berec's Plenary Session which will be held in Porto on 26-27
May 2011 a public debriefing will be held in
Brussels on 1 June 2011 from 10h30 until 12h30.
The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration
is required for all those attending. If you wish to attend, please
complete the registration form and return it by e-mail to
berec@ec.europa.eu. You will then be sent an official invitation
letter which must be brought to gain admission to the meeting. |
14 March 2011
BEREC will hold a public workshop in Brussels on 28 March at 14:30 to
discuss the preliminary results of its exercises to monitor NRA
conformity with ERG Common Positions on remedies of Wholesale Broadband
Access, Wholesale Unbundled Access and Wholesale Leased Lines. BEREC
will present a statistical summary of NRA responses to the monitoring
questionnaires, followed by discussion. There will also be an
opportunity for stakeholders to make short presentations on the issues
which BEREC should consider in reviewing its Common Positions in the
light of this monitoring exercise.
ECTA slides presented at this workshop are now available
here. |
9 March 2011
Find here the
Outcomes of the BEREC plenary meeting of February 2011 presented at
Brussels' debriefing this week. |
25 February 2011
The Latvian Government and BEREC sign the BEREC Office Seat Agreement.
Read more. |
21 February 2011
Following BEREC's Plenary Session which will be held in Riga on 24-25
February 2011, a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on
7 March 2011 at 10.30am. The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but
prior registration is required for all those attending. If you wish to
attend please complete the
enclosed
registration and return it by e-mail to
berec@ec.europa.eu. You will
then be sent an official invitation letter which must be brought to gain
admission to the meeting. |
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13 December 2010
Following BEREC's Plenary debriefing, find out the
outcomes of
BEREC Plenary meeting. |
9 December 2010
Following BEREC's Plenary session which was held in Bruges on 2-3
December 2010, the following
documents
have been published. New
public consultations
are now also available. |
08 December 2010
BEREC's Report on
International Mobile Roaming Regulation has been published. |
06 December 2010
Following BEREC's 5th Plenary
Meeting in Bruges held on 2-3 December 2010, this
Press Release was published. |
24 November 2010
Following BEREC's Plenary session which was held in Amsterdam on 30
September - 1 October 2010, the following
conclusions have been published.
Following BEREC's Plenary Session which will be held in Bruges on 2-3
December, a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on 9
December 2010 at 10.30am. The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but
prior registration is required for all those attending. If you wish to
attend please complete the
enclosed
registration and return it by e-mail to
berec@ec.europa.eu. You will
then be sent an official invitation letter which must be brought to gain
admission to the meeting.
Find here
the presentation from the public hearing on Electronic
communications services: Ensuring equivalence in access and choice for
disabled end-users held in Brussels on November 19. |
11 November 2010
BEREC will hold a public hearing on the following topic:
The public consultation on
Electronic communications services: Ensuring equivalence in access and
choice for disabled end-users is open until 26 November 2010.
The public hearing will be held in Brussels on 19 November 2010 at
10:30. The hearing will be open to all interested parties, but prior
registration will be required for all those attending. If you wish to
attend please complete the enclosed
registration
and return it by e-mail to
berec@ec.europa.eu. Please note that sign language interpretation in
standard international English will be available. You will then be
sent an official invitation letter which must be brought to gain
admission to the meeting. |
12 October 2010
BEREC will hold a public hearing on the BEREC draft work
programme 2011 in Brussels on 3 November 2010, from 13:30 to
15:30. The hearing is open to all interested parties, but prior
registration is required for all those attending. If you wish to attend
please complete the enclosed
registration
and return it by e-mail to
berec@ec.europa.eu. You will then be sent an official invitation
letter which must be brought to gain admission to the meeting.
May we remind you that the deadline for response to the
public consultation on the BEREC
draft work programme is 5 November 2010.
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11 October 2010
The post
Amsterdam Plenary Debriefing presentation is now available
here.
The vacancy notice for the
Head of Programme Management function (TA - Grade AD9) of the Office
of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications has
been published here. |
8 October 2010
Following BEREC's Plenary session which was held in Amsterdam on 30
September - 1 October 2010, the following
documents have been
published. New public
consultations are now also available. |
24 September 2010
Following BEREC's Plenary Session which will be held in Amsterdam on 30
September - 1 October 2010 a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on
8 October
2010 at 10.30am. We attach the Agendas for
your convenience. The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but
prior registration is required for all those attending. If you wish to
attend please complete the
enclosed
registration and return it by e-mail to
berec@ec.europa.eu. You will
then be sent an official invitation letter which must be brought to gain
admission to the meeting. |
4 June 2010
The public consultations on
BEREC procedures for public consultations as well as on
BEREC
report on best practices to facilitate switching are now open until
July 2. You may now send your contributions to
berec@ec.europa.eu.
Documents approved for publication at the 3rd Plenary Meeting on 27-28
May by BEREC and The Office can be found
here. |
4 June 2010
Following BEREC's 3rd Plenary Meeting in Helsinki held on 27-28 May
2010, this
Press Release
was published.
Find here
the Outcomes of BEREC Plenary meeting 27-28 May 2010. |
31 May 2010
Following the agreement by the EU Telecoms Ministers to establish the
seat of the BEREC Office in Riga, this
Press
Release was published. |
28 May 2010
Following BEREC's 3rd Plenary Meeting in Helsinki held on 27-28 May
2010, this
Press Release was published concerning the selection of the
Administrative Manager. |
20 May 2010
Following the BEREC 3rd Plenary Session which will be held in Helsinki
on 27-28 May 2010 a public debriefing will be held in Brussels on 3 June
2010 at 10.30am. We attach the Agendas for
your convenience. The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but
prior registration is required for all those attending. If you wish to
attend please complete the
enclosed
registration and return it by e-mail to
berec@ec.europa.eu. You will
then be sent an official invitation letter which must be brought to gain
admission to the meeting. |
4 March 2010
The documents adopted at the second Plenary meeting can be found here. |
3 March 2010
Following the BEREC Second Plenary Meeting in Paris held on 25-26
February 2010, the following
Press Release
was published. |
16 February 2010
Following the ERG/Berec 2nd Plenary Session which will be held in Paris
on 25-26 February 2010 a public debriefing will be held in
Brussels on 4 March 2010 from 10h30 until 12h30. The Agenda of
the Plenary can be found here.
The debriefing is open to all interested parties, but prior registration
is required for all those attending. If you wish to attend, please
complete the
registration form and return it by e-mail to
erg@ec.europa.eu. You will then be sent an official invitation
letter which must be brought to gain admission to the meeting. The
debriefing presentation can be found
here. |
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9 February 2010
Berec is also holding a Public Consultation on the document "BOR
(10) 15 Berec Work Programme 2010 " attached
here.
Documents approved for publication following the inauguration of Berec (Body
of European Regulators for Electronic Communications) and The
Office can be found
here.
This Consultation is now closed and responses, not deemed confidential,
will be published shortly.
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1 February 2010 The ERG held a Public Hearing
on the ERG Consultation on Business Services on 29
January 2010. Please find
here the
presentation given by the Project Team Chair. This Consultation is
now closed and responses, not deemed confidential, will be published
shortly.
The Hearing was also followed by a short
debriefing and
presentation on the inauguration of
BEREC
Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications. |
28 January 2010
Following the ERG Extraordinary Plenary Session in Brussels to
inaugurate (BEREC)
Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications on 28
January 2010, the ERG have issued the following
Press Release to
establish the new Communications Body. More information can be
found
here |
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26 January 2010
The ERG will hold an ERG
Extraordinary Plenary Session in Brussels to inaugurate (BEREC)
Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications on 28
January 2010. This will be the first meeting of the Board of
Regulators and the Management Committee. The Agenda of the Plenary can
be found here.
A short debrief of the inaugural meeting will be
given in conjunction with the ERG Public Hearing
on Business Services on 29 January 2010.
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