B.E.R.E.C.

Type: Company

Name: B.E.R.E.C.

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 3 Documents

Viviane Reding

New European counterpart to FCC will ensure 'a more neutral net'

By Scott M. Fulton, III , BetanewsDuring one of the more noteworthy weeks in Europe's modern history, as the 27 member nations of the European Union prepare for a newer and more centralized executive authority, the EU will also be making way for a powerful ... [Beta News - 11/06/2009]

Entities: B.E.R.E.C., Federal Communications Commission, Human Rights, Viviane Reding

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 3 Documents (in Politics)

EU Agrees Telecoms Regulation Package But Backs Down on Internet Rights Issue

The EU has finally reached a compromise on the proposed package of telecoms regulation, which should now see the reforms made law by early 2010.IHS Global Insight PerspectiveSignificanceFollowing the failure of the last submission of this package of regulatory ... [Communications Direct - 11/07/2009]

Entities: European Union, B.E.R.E.C., Net Neutrality, Broadband

First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 1 Documents (in Intellectual Property Rights)

European Commission

EC confirms telecoms reform

EC approves telecoms regulation package for 2010, such as pan-European regulator, legislation designed to encourage number porting, broadband service expansion and customer privacy rightsThe European Commission has made its final decisions on the proposed ... [Mobile News - 11/09/2009]

Entities: B.E.R.E.C., European Commission, Broadband

First Reported 11/11/2009 - Updated 11/11/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

European Union :Parliament Insists On Adequate Safeguards For Internet Access

A user's internet access may be restricted, if necessary and proportionate, only after a fair and impartial procedure including the user's right to be heard. MEPs and Council representatives agreed in negotiations on Wednesday night on this, the last ... [eGov Monitor - 11/11/2009]

Entities: European Union, Judicial, The Council, Harmonization, B.E.R.E.C.

First Reported 11/13/2009 - Updated 11/13/2009 - 1 Documents (in Intellectual Property Rights)

Catherine Trautmann

EU Telecom Package Seeks To Strengthen Consumer Rights And Competition

A major overhaul of EU telecoms rules, which will strengthen the rights of phone users and internet surfers and boost competition among telecoms firms, is to be put to a final vote in Parliament on 24 November.New rules, to take effect by mid-2011, will ... [eGov Monitor - 11/13/2009]

Entities: European Union, B.E.R.E.C., Catherine Trautmann, Malcolm Harbour

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 1 Documents (in Intellectual Property Rights)

European Union

UPDATE 1-EU telecoms reforms to boost consumer rights

BRUSSELS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The European Union securedagreement on Thursday on a telecoms bill to boost consumerrights, competition and fuel investment in the 300-billion-euro($442.3 billion) a year sector.Agreement had been held up by the resistance ... [Forbes.com - 11/05/2009]

Entities: European Union, B.E.R.E.C., European Parliament, Catherine Trautmann

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 1 Documents

Telecoms: MEPs and Council representatives agree on internet access safeguards

The two sides had already agreed in May that internet is essential for the exercise of fundamental rights such as the right to education, freedom of expression and access to information. So MEPs insisted in Wednesday's conciliation meeting on establishing ... [European Parliament - 11/05/2009]

Entities: The Council, Judicial, European Union, Harmonization, B.E.R.E.C.

Quotes

...create a barrier to the single market," reads this morning's communiqué from the EC, referring to the continent-wide telecommunications market, "the Commission may issue a recommendation that requires the national regulator to amend or withdraw its planned remedy. The new rules also enable the Commission to adopt further harmonization measures in the form of recommendations or (binding) decisions, if divergences in the implementation of remedies persist across the EU in the longer term."

New European counterpart to FCC will ensure 'a more neutral net' [Beta News - 11/06/2009]

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