Press Release: Safeguarding e-communications services for all in the internet era: Commission opens policy debate

The European Commission on 24 May 2005 adopted a Communication on the Review of the Scope of Universal Service in accordance with Article 15 of Directive 2002/22/EC. The Commission concluded that there was no need to introduce new legal requirements for mobile and high-speed internet services under the EU's universal service rules at that moment, but that there was a need for a forward-looking policy debate.

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European Commission: COM(2005) 203: Communication ... on the Review of the Scope of Universal Service in accordance with Article 15 of Directive 2002/22/EC http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2005/com2005_0203en01.pdf

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