• Data security
• State aid, Universal Service and the digital divide.
• What future for voice?

Conference

• Driving investment in telecoms: what stimulates investment in telecoms? What do Europe's multinational businesses need to boost their productivity and what is the view of the financial community?
• Exchange on the EU communications review proposals: views from the main institutions and industry on the Commission's proposals for regulatory reform in the sector
• What role now for competition law in telecoms? DG Competition's activities and plans + a reaction from industry on the effectiveness of competition law as ex ante regulation is rolled back
• Functional separation: a review from the UK two years on from the launch of Openreach + could structural separation be the answer - a perspective from Ireland
• Next Generation regulation: approaches to promoting competition as access and core networks are upgraded with updates and latest developments from the Netherlands, France and Germany.
• Mobile services and fixed-mobile convergence: how competitive are Europe's mobile markets? And what are the commercial and regulatory implications of the increasing trend towards fixed mobile converged services?
• Liberalising spectrum: what can the EU learn from the US, and how can we work more coherently across Europe's fragmented markets

In addition to live issues such as those above, the ECTA regulatory conference will continue to address the latest proposals and developments from the EU Presidency, ERG and the Commission's article 7 task force as well as significant precedents in national and European policy and implementation.

For information about sponsoring this conference or for more information about attending the event, please contact Marcus Benson at mbenson@ectaportal.com

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