Today’s EU telecoms council expected to make decision on digital dividend

While EU telecoms ministers will only hear progress reports on the review of the framework directive more significant developments are expected on digital switchover policy.

On the agenda for today's meeting in Luxembourg is the legislative reform of the EU telecoms package and especially the creation of a new European body which will gather national regulators. What is sure is that almost all member states are opposed to the creation of a super European regulator as proposed by the European Commission last November. They are now discussing an alternative, based on the current European Regulators Group (ERG), which today gathers the 27 national regulators and advises the Commission.

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