News and Newsletters

• New date of the 8th BEREC Stakeholder Forum – 19 October 2020

  24 April 2020

  With the optimistic view that the worldwide outbreak of the COVID-19 will decline by the second half of the year, BEREC has announced a new date for the postponed BEREC Stakeholder Forum. It will take place on 19 October, 2020, at the Thon EU Hotel in Brussels, Belgium. As previously...

• Overall internet traffic is stabilizing and in some cases decreasing

  23 April 2020

  The updated BEREC summary report on the internet capacity during the COVID-19 crisis informs that a growing number of national regulatory authorities (NRAs) are reporting that overall traffic is starting to stabilize. The  NRAs of Bulgaria and Romania have reported a decrease of overall...

• BEREC response to EC recommendation on Covid-19 tracing apps

  23 April 2020

  BEREC response to the European Commission Recommendation of 8.4.2020 on a common Union toolbox for the use of technology and data to combat and exit from the COVID-19 crisis, in particular concerning mobile applications and the use of anonymised mobility data.  

• BEREC initiates information gathering on OTT parameters

  22 April 2020

  Over-the-top (OTT) services are of great value to consumers and businesses and have an important impact in the electronic communications market. However, due to the absence of legal competences for authorities under the previous Regulatory Framework, this impact has never been quantified.  ...

• Internet capacity remains sufficient - says the updated BEREC summary report

  16 April 2020

  There are no major network congestions due to the increase in internet traffic in Europe since last week. Instead, more and more countries report on stabilization in an overall traffic, according to the latest BEREC summary report on the internet capacity during the COVID-19 outbreak....

• BEREC extends the public consultation deadline on the draft BEREC Guidelines on very high capacity networks

  15 April 2020

  In order to facilitate further stakeholders’ input to the draft BEREC Guidelines on very high capacity networks , BEREC extends the deadline for contributions until 30 April 17:00 (CET). Contributions should be submitted to VHCN_Guidelines@berec.europa.eu preferably in English and...

• BEREC makes public summary reports on status of internet capacity

  08 April 2020

  BEREC considers transparency and access to information as crucially important. Therefore, BEREC Board of Regulators decided to make publicly available the summary reports on the status of internet capacity during the COVID-19 crisis, submitted to the European Commission. The reports...

• Video recording and presentation of the BEREC Chairs Webinar from 1 April 2020

  01 April 2020

  On 1 April 2020, during the Webinar, the BEREC Chair Dan Sjöblom and the incoming Chair 2021 Michel Van Bellinghen presented to the stakeholders the draft BEREC Strategy and an outline of the draft BEREC Work Programme 2021. They also responded to multiple questions provided by the...

• BEREC Chairs online webinar on BEREC Strategy and Work Programme 2021 on 1 April 2020 at 14:00 CET

  18 March 2020

  BEREC has set out its strategic approach and objectives, which will guide the work for the next five years. This online webinar will offer stakeholders the opportunity to engage with BEREC Chair, Dan Sjöblom and the incoming Chair, Michel Van Bellinghen on the draft BEREC Strategy and the...

• BEREC is going virtual and postponing meetings

  13 March 2020

  Due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Europe, BEREC is going virtual and postponing events originally scheduled in March and April. BEREC will continue to closely monitor the situation and will inform you of any further changes as they occur. BEREC Chairs will engage virtually with...