News and Newsletters
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Strengthening regional cooperation: BEREC hosts the Four-lateral Summit
29 September 2021
On 29 September 2021, in Dubrovnik, Croatia, regulators from various world regions gathered together at the Four-lateral Summit. Representatives of BEREC, EaPeReg, REGULATEL and EMERG agreed that regulators play a crucial role in promoting competition to spur necessary investments by the... -
BEREC workshop on the Report to enable comparable national broadband coverage indicators throughout Europe
28 September 2021
On 12 October 2021, from 14:00 – 16:00 CET, BEREC will hold a public virtual workshop concerning the “BEREC Report to enable comparable national broadband coverage indicators throughout Europe” to gather and discuss stakeholders’ views regarding the methodology... -
BEREC opens doors to physical public debriefing on 6 October 2021
27 September 2021
After numerous online public debriefings, BEREC is happy to inform that stakeholders are most welcome to join the BEREC Chair and the Working Group Co-chairs at the BEREC Public debriefing on 6 October 2021 . The event will take place at the IRG Secretariat, Rue de la Science 14, Brussels,... -
Registration is now open: BEREC Stakeholder Forum
22 September 2021
After more than a year of having online events, BEREC is excited to meet in person again! Registration to participate in the BEREC Stakeholder Forum on 28 October 2021 in Brussels is now OPEN. The major BEREC annual event will take place in DoubleTree by Hilton Brussels City hotel... -
“The regulatory treatment of backhaul is particularly relevant in 5G deployment, “ says Annemarie Sipkes, the incoming BEREC Chair for 2022
21 September 2021
The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) aims at fostering the independent, consistent and high-quality regulation of digital markets for the benefit of Europe and its citizens. The key policy objective is to promote full connectivity in line with the European... -
Moving towards a regulatory framework with additional pieces of soft law promoting full connectivity across the EU
16 September 2021
Expressing his support for the 2030 Connectivity targets set by the European Commission, BEREC Chair Michel Van Bellinghen participated in the panel discussion "EU policies and regulation; on the road to the Digital Decade" organised by the FTTH Council Europe. He... -
BEREC assesses the impact of the recent Court of Justice of the EU judgements on the Open Internet Regulation
07 September 2021
The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) takes note of the three judgements issued by the Court of Justice of the EU on 2 September regarding violation of the European Union net neutrality rules. The CJEU judgements state that the practices by two German mobile... -
BEREC adopted a BEREC Opinion on Phase II investigation (IE/2021/2332-2333)
18 August 2021
On 18 June 2021, the European Commission (EC) registered a notification from the Irish national regulatory authority, the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), concerning the markets for retail fixed telephony services (RFTS) and wholesale fixed access and call origination (FACO) in... -
Possible misuse of asymmetric power and connectivity challenges in focus of BEREC – GSMA Annual Roundtable
28 June 2021
The promotion of full connectivity, sustainable and open digital markets, and end–user empowerment were the main topics discussed during the BEREC-GSMA Roundtable on 28 June 2021, taking place during the annual Mobile World Congress organized by the GSMA. At the roundtable, BEREC Chair... -
BEREC prioritises the work on improving take-up of very high-capacity networks
23 June 2021
On 21 June 2021, BEREC Chair Michel Van Bellinghen (BIPT, Belgium), together with the Heads of Regulators from all over the world, discussed collaborative regulation for digital transformation, the governance approach – the voice and role of sectoral regulators – at...