Governments must remove barriers to the roll-out of e-services, says Commission.(Brief Article)

EuropeMedia, December, 2002

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One key regulatory message that came from the last implementation report of the Telecoms regulatory framework, published by the European Commission last week, is that much more work is needed to be done by national regulators. Indeed, a pro-active role by Member States is required by the Commission, a high level official said last week.

Peter Rodford, Head of the Unit in charge of the NTRF implementation at DG Information Society, speaking at the 3rd ECTA Regulatory Conference, said that national governments should remove any additional burdens that are still in place, in particular taxes imposed on telecoms services, high fees for the placing of infrastructure, including...

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