Commission proposes European regulator with some spectrum responsibilities

The draft proposals for the review of the Framework Directive call for the setting up of a body whose duties would include assigning frequencies for cross-border services and collecting the fees for those services.

The Commission believes that the only way to tackle the fragmentation of the internal market and to encourage the development of cross community services is to set up a new regulatory body, the European Electronic Communications Market Authority or EECMA. In the spectrum field it feels the key problem is the national variation in licensing conditions and application procedures which discourage investment in transnational services.

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