Annual Report - 2002
As in years past, ETNO was a strategic focal point for industry’s view in 2002, especially for development of broadband. Throughout the year, ETNO kept up a strong dialogue with EU leaders and officials about the policies needed to promote the e-communications sector as a basic pillar of the European economy.
As in years past, ETNO was a strategic focal point for industry’s view in 2002, especially for development of broadband. Throughout the year, ETNO kept up a strong dialogue with EU leaders and officials about the policies needed to promote the e-communications sector as a basic pillar of the European economy.
The year saw a range of new policy challenges that formed the crux of ETNO’s work. The association insisted, for example, that policymakers clearly understand the crucial importance of a light and flexible regulatory touch for encouraging investment and restoring confidence in the telecoms sector.
It also urged EU and national regulatory authorities (NRAs) to implement the EU’s new package of telecom directives in a timely and consistent fashion to create predictable and harmonised conditions for operators across Europe. An important part of this campaign was to ensure that the new EU committees and regulatory bodies set up under the package did not turn into closed decision-making “black boxes” and that they remained open to industry observership and consultation. ETNO’s efforts were largely successful in that regard.
