ECTA supports Long Term Investment Intergroup #Invest4Future

Press Release

Two weeks after the Commission unveiled its Action Plan for a Capital Market Union, including a proposal aiming to promote long-term investment in infrastructure for Insurers, the long-term investment and reindustrialisation intergroup of the European Parliament held a conference in order to bring the attention of EU leaders on the crucial role of infrastructure investment. 

Dominique Riquet, Chair of the intergroup said: "The challenge for infrastructures: being at the crossroad of interests. With the contribution of the regulator, project promoters as well as investors must find satisfaction."

What rules for Europe's digital highways?: New study by Analysys Mason

Brussels, 22 September 2015: MEP Michał Boni (EPP, PL) hosted a working event today on the digital single market and the future of telecoms regulation, at which a new study was launched by Analysys Mason. The debate and study could not be timelier as the European Commission has just launched its public consultation on this issue.

Joint Industry Statement

Powerful digital highways for Europe’s Connected and Automated Driving

The Automotive and telecom industries launch joint EU Dialogue at the Frankfurt IAA under the auspices of Commissioner Oettinger

Automated and connected driving will be a pillar of Europe’s industrial renaissance. The vehicle of the future is part of a connected world where superfast digital networks give access to communication, higher safety, improved environmental standards, entertainment, knowledge and personal contacts, to anyone, anywhere and at any time.

Writing digital history: game changer policies for a connected Digital Single Market

Brussels, 30 June 2015: Today, the ECTA Conference gathered policy-makers, regulators, industry stakeholders and representatives of consumers to discuss the next forward-looking step: the future challengesto build a Digital Single Market.

How to get an AAA rating for Europe in digital? 

Accessibility, Affordability, Agility: the recipe to build Europe’s Digital Single Market

Brussels, 6 May 2015: ECTA, the European Competitive Telecommunications Association, welcomes the European Commission’s Digital Single Market (DSM) Strategy and congratulates it on the robust political vision that effective competition is key to the deployment of high performance and affordable digital highways. ECTA supports the recognition by the European Commission that a strong, competitive and dynamic telecoms sector is needed to carry out the necessary investments and to exploit innovation.

Europe should have a high level of ambition in building a globally competitive economy and society. In the digital age we can undoubtedly only be globally competitive if the European economy – companies of all sizes in all sectors, public administrations, schools, research centres etc. – and society are connected and take advantage of digital innovation.

European Parliament stands for competition in telecommunications

Brussels, 10 March 2015: Following the declarations by Commission Vestager during her hearing in front of the ECON Committee, showing her willingness to establish a close and fruitful relationship at all levels with the Parliament, the European Parliament voted today on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy. 

Review of the telecom regulatory framework:
let’s not follow the path to "Monopoly 2.0”!

Brussels, 26 February 2015: The EU telecommunications markets have recently witnessed an increased trend towards consolidation via mergers and acquisitions and towards bundled offers. Those developments can lead, in certain situations, to oligopolistic and duopolistic market structures. ECTA welcomed the opportunity to participate in the BEREC Workshop on Oligopoly Analysis and Regulation and to share views on the development of the EU regulatory framework for the telecommunications sector. 

ECTA CEOs meet with Vice-president Andrus ANSIP
The true story of European broadband investments: if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it

Brussels, 16 February 2015: Today a delegation of CEOs from key member companies of the European Competitive Telecoms Association (ECTA) met with the European Commission’s Vice-President Andrus Ansip to share their vision of the connected Digital Single Market, the state of play and the steps that might be necessary for the completion of it, including at a later stage the review of the telecoms framework.

Massive consolidation is not the silver bullet for boosting broadband investments 
More players invest more and smaller players invest more efficiently

Brussels, 4 February 2015: Today in a working breakfast co-organised by Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, Vice-President of the European Parliament, and ECTA, the European Competitive Telecommunications Association, MEPs and advisors, Commission officials and telecommunications attachés debated with experts  the issue of consolidation in the telecoms market.