May 2009

07/05/2009 - ECTA CHALLENGES REGULATORS TO GUARANTEE FIRM AND URGENT ANTI-COMPETITIVE ACTIONS DESPITE DELAY IN ADOPTION OF TELECOM FRAMEWORK At a meeting today in Budapest, Dániel Pataki, chairman of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG), bringing together Member States’ national spectrum regulators, and head of the Hungarian telecoms regulator NHH, and members of ECTA (European Competitive Telecommunications Association), representing European telecoms companies discussed how the so-called “digital dividend” and next generation networks such as wireless broadband can help achieve “broadband for all”.  04/05/2009 - DÁNIEL PATAKI, HEAD OF EUROPEAN SPECTRUM REGULATORS AND ECTA DISCUSS “BROADBAND FOR ALL” At a meeting today in Budapest, Dániel Pataki, chairman of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG), bringing together Member States’ national spectrum regulators, and head of the Hungarian telecoms regulator NHH, and members of ECTA (European Competitive Telecommunications Association), representing European telecoms companies discussed how the so-called “digital dividend” and next generation networks such as wireless broadband can help achieve “broadband for all”.  April 2009 07/04/2009 - ECTA WELCOMES NEW MEMBER EMPIRIX Empirix, the market leader of service quality assurance solutions for new IP communications, has become a member of ECTA, the European Competitive Telecommunications Association. March 2009 02/03/2009 - SPAIN STAGNATES AS TELEFONICA PROFITS: BROADBAND STUDY SHOWS Pro-competition body ECTA warns policy-makers against yielding to dominant telcos’ demands for special treatment of fibre networks Growth and investment in high speed networks depends on competition

January 2009

28/01/2009 - TELECOM BENCHMARK HIGHLIGHTS GAPS IN EU COMPETITIVENESS Consumers benefit from better telecoms services and higher investment levels in countries where the national telecoms regulatory authority has strong powers and is active in using them, according to a report that will be published tomorrow by ECTA.

November 2008

26/11/2008 - TELECOMS COMPETITION KEY TO BEATING RECESSION ECTA warns Ministers against protecting monopolies on eve of crucial Telecoms Council vote on functional separation

October 2008

03/10/2008 - LEADING EUROPEAN TELECOMS POLICYMAKERS CONVENE AT ECTA REGULATORY CONFERENCE Annual meeting of telecommunications stakeholders to debate next decade of regulatory decisions

September 2008

16/09/2008 - STUDY REVEALS HIGH COSTS WILL LIMIT SUPERFAST BROADBAND ECTA calls for focus on availability and openness of fibre networks, warns against unprofitable duplication 01/09/2008 - ECTA Broadband Scorecard Q1 2008 - Available now!

July 2008

08/07/2008 - ECTA WARNS OF THREAT TO BROADBAND COMPETITION FROM EU PARLIAMENT TELECOMS PROPOSALS

June 2008

25/06/2008 - LEADING EUROPEAN STUDY SHOWS BUSINESS CASE FOR NEXT GENERATION BROADBAND FAVOURS FORMER INCUMBENTS Economics of fibre networks prevent widespread replication ECTA calls for mandatory access to fibre networks in the EU Telecoms Framework to counter anti-competition threat 24/06/2008 - EUROPEANS PAY OVER €10 BILLION A YEAR IN SPURIOUS MOBILE TERMINATION CHARGES ECTA endorses Commission’s efforts to cut rates

March 2008

19/03/2008 - European Commission telecoms report calls time on incumbent investment scare tactics - ECTA comments on the main findings of the report

February 2008

18/02/2008 - REPORT SHOWS INCUMBENT OPERATORS COULD CONTROL 80% of NEXT GENERATION BROADBAND MARKET - ECTA urges European policy-makers to approve powers for functional separation as competitive impetus wanes

January 2008

25/01/2008 - INNOCENZO GENNA CALLS FOR CONTINUED USE OF APPROPRIATE REGULATORY MEASURES TO ENABLE COMPETITION - Genna is reconfirmed as Chairman of ECTA 02/01/2008 - ECTA Brussels has moved - Brussels team has moved into new offices in the centre of town.

November 2007

28/11/2007 - ECTA Regulatory Scorecard 2007 - Available now! 13/11/2007 - ECTA backs Commission plans for enhanced competition for next generation access networks.

September 2007

05/09/2007 - ECTA Broadband Scorecard Q107 - Available now!

June 2007

26/06/2007 - EUROPEAN TELECOMS SECTOR LOST 16BILLION - ECTA uses Next Generation Access conference to announce lost investment as a result of weak and inconsistent regulation

February 2007

01/02/2007 - Broadband take-up dramatically slows across Europe - ECTA blames rise in monopolies 01/02/2007 - ECTA urges clarity from BNetzA on higher-speed network regulation

December 2006

11/12/2006 - ECTA Regulatory Scorecard 2006- Available now!

06/12/2006 - Announcement of ECTA Board Election 6 December 2006

November 2006

16/11/2006 - Telecoms Providers urge Commissioner Reding to adopt Functional Separation

August 2006

30/08/2006 - Broadband penetration in Italy is lagging

08/08/2006 - VDSL Monopoly Threat to Broadband in Germany

June 2006

28/06/2006- Guarded welcome to the Commission's framework for Telecommunications

06/06/2006 - Brussels office - organisational changes

May 2006

11/05/2006 - Broadband study highlights two-speed Europe

09/05/2006 - ECTA Regulatory Review 2005 - Available now!

March 2006

30/03/2006 - Business leaders highlight E13 billion cost of protectionism in telecoms

01/03/2006 - Lack of competitiveness has cost Europe 20 million broadband lines, study finds

February 2006

17/02/2006 - International Roaming: ECTA supports Commissioner Reding

January 2006

12/01/2006 - Steen Clausen appointed as Managing Director, European Competitive Telecommunications Association

11/01/2006 - Arbinet to provide Industry Standard Calling Code Management Service to ECTA

December 2005

14/12/2005 - EU e-communications industry regrets today EP vote, putting Europe's competitiveness and Information Society at stake

07/12/2005 - E-communications service providers remain seriously concerned with the agreement reached by EU Justice Ministers to store records of every e-mail, phone call, fax and text message

05/12/2005 - Europe's stark choice: open markets or stagnation

September 2005

09/09/2005 - E-communications service providers call for further dialogue on data retention at EU level

July 2005

19/07/2005 - ECTA urges greater role for competition in delivering universal service