Article 28(2) Universal Service Directive: a harmonised BEREC cooperation process - Consultation Response Analysis

Article 28(2) Universal Service Directive: a harmonised BEREC cooperation process - Consultation Response Analysis, approved by BEREC during the 14th plenary of the Board of Regulators, held on 7 and 8 March 2013 in Ljubljana.

The document summarises the outcome from the public consultation on “BoR (12) 85 Article 28(2) Universal Service Directive: A harmonised BEREC cooperation process – consultation paper, held in the period 5 October to 16 November 2012.

In the period of the consultation BEREC received 13 individual contributions from: The Telecommunications United Kingdom Fraud Forum-TUFF; Vodafone; eircom Group; France Telecom – Orange; GSMA Europe; Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW); VERIZONE; Telecom Italia; Federation of Communication Services (FCS); BT; ETNO and Telekom Austria.

Following the consultation process, BEREC approved a Guidance paper, which highlights the background to fraud or misuse and its potential impact on end-users through falling foul of instances of fraud or misuse, or for example through a potential lack of confidence in the integrity of numbers and which can be consulted here.