EU scales back telecoms regulation plan

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The European Commission on Friday scaled back its proposals for an EU telecoms authority, following objections by both the European Parliament and member states earlier this year. The telecoms reform package, first put forward last November, aims to create a single market across the 27-member European Union with improved rights for consumers and businesses. The Parliament voted in September to accept the bulk of reforms but raised concerns over the creation of a European Telecom Market Authority which would co-ordinate and standardize industry regulation. Under Friday's compromise proposals, the authority would be renamed the Body of European Telecoms Regulators, with half the staff seconded from national regulators to emphasize the importance of their input. The EU's executive body also dropped earlier plans to merge the new organization with the existing European Network and Security Agency, and chopped the number of employees from around 130 to just 20.


EU scales back telecoms regulation plan