Tag: EU Telecoms Single Market Regulation
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Who is protecting net neutrality in Europe?
On Monday 24, February, the Industry, Research and Energy Committee of the European Parliament will vote on the proposal for a Telecom Single Market. The Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in charge of the text being voted on, the conservative Pilar del Castillo Vera, put forward provisions that would undermine net neutrality and the future of the open internet. An alternative proposal to the text made by the socialist MEP Catherine Trautmann have already been supported by the Greens group. While this new text could still be improved, it does bring needed legal clarity and close the dangerous loopholes left in Ms Del Castillo’s proposal. Access, together with EDRi, provide an comparative analysis of these two proposals.…
18 December 2015
Press Releases
Civil society groups urge European Parliament to take final steps to real Net Neutrality
Brussels, Belgium – After lawmakers reached an unclear compromise on Net Neutrality and mobile phone roaming charges earlier this year, the proposed Telecoms Single Market regulation has been submitted to the European Parliament for a final vote. In the vote…
6 October 2015
Blog
Major uncertainties remain as EU takes timid steps towards Net Neutrality
On July 3rd, after more than ten hours of discussion, the three major EU institutions — the Commission, Parliament and Council — reached a political agreement on the text of the Telecoms Single Market (TSM) Regulation, a contentious piece of EU legislation that includes continent-wide provisions on Net Neutrality. Today, the Industry Committee of the European Parliament has formally approved this text.…
15 July 2015