MEP to press for easing of telecoms overhaul

Pressure on the European Commission to water down aspects of its ambitious plan to overhaul regulation of the European telecoms sector will increase April 2008 when a key parliamentary report on the proposed legislation is made public. Catherine Trautmann, the former French Communications Minister who is steering parts of the package through the European ­parliament, is expected to say that reform of the management of spectrum – or radio waves – should only be gradual.

European Commission: DG Information Society: Policies: eCommunications: Tomorrow's Framework http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/tomorrow/index_en.htm

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