Brussels in mobile phone price-cap deal

Report of decisions taken at the EU Transport, Telecoms and Energy Council, Brussels, 27 November 2008 in the area of telecommunications.

ESO: Background information: Mobile operators clash with Brussels http://www.europeansources.info/record/mobile-operators-clash-with-brussels/

ETNO: Press Release, 25.11.08: High speed broadband networks should be the key priority of the revised framework http://www.etno.be/Default.aspx?tabid=2115

European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association http://www.etno.be/

European Commission: MEMO/08/745: SMS and Data Roaming: Commission welcomes swift endorsement by Telecoms Council http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/745&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: MEMO/08/739: Telecoms Council, Brussels, 27 November 2008: SMS & Data Roaming and Telecoms Reform to be discussed by Ministers http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/739&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 27.11.08: Council Conclusions on future networks and the internet http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/trans/104362.pdf

Council of the European Union: Press Release: PRES/08/345: Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council, Brussels, 27 November 2008 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/fr/trans/104366.pdf

EurActiv, 28.11.08: Council waters down deal on telecoms package http://www.euractiv.com/infosociety/council-waters-deal-telecoms-pac-news-220828

Website: European Regulators Group http://www.erg.eu.int/

ECTA: Press Release, 26.11.08: ECTA warns Ministers against protecting monopolies on eve of crucial Telecoms Council vote on functional separation http://www.ectaportal.com/en/upload/File/Press%20Releases/2008/Telecoms_Council_release_final_clean.pdf

website: European Competitive Telecommunciations Association http://www.ectaportal.com/en/index.html

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