MAJOR TELCOS UNHAPPY WITH NEW NET NEUTRALITY GUIDELINES, WHILE WEB CAMPAIGNERS HAIL BEREC GUIDANCE AS EFFECTIVE PROTECTION
August 1st, 2016
JUDGING by the initial responses to the final guidance on net neutrality released on August 30 by European regulators group BEREC, these new rules are too restrictive for the taste of telecoms companies, and will hinder commercial progress. Free internet campaigners, however, are happy – regarding the new system as an effective protection against the privatisation and Balkanisation of the web.
BEREC (the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications) had been charged by the EU to develop guidance to national regulators on administering regulation ...
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