EC071 - ETNO Expert Contribution on 116 and Freephone Services.

The European Commission's submission to the April 2005 CoCom Committee (document 05-08) was intended to provide an update concerning two specific areas, 116 and cross-border freephone.In reviewing the paper, ETNO's Numbering Experts working group identified many issues with regard to the approach that the European Commission indicated. This paper identifies many of these issues and recognises that it is only through a continuous dialogue with all industry parties that successful, commercially viable solutions will be reached.

The European Commission's submission to the April 2005 CoCom Committee (document 05-08) was intended to provide an update concerning two specific areas, 116 and cross-border freephone.


In reviewing the paper, ETNO's Numbering Experts working group identified many issues with regard to the approach that the European Commission indicated.  This paper identifies many of these issues and recognises that it is only through a continuous dialogue with all industry parties that successful, commercially viable solutions will be reached.