ECTA Publishes Survey On Telecoms Regulation
According to a report published by the European Competitive Telecommunications
Association on Friday, consumers of telecoms services pay more and are offered
fewer choices in countries where regulators have failed to effectively weaken
former monopolies. The poll, which examined the telecoms markets in 16 European countries, found
that investment by telecoms firms per capita is substantially higher in countries
where there is an independent and effective regulator. It also found that state ownership of the incumbent provider represents a potential
conflict of interest, and suggested that tougher fines for operators which break
regulations could improve the situation for consumers in several of the countries
studied. Ranking the EU members according to the effectiveness of their telecommunications
regulators, the ECTA-commissioned survey put the UK in first place, followed
by Denmark, France and Austria. Germany and Greece were tied in last place. .
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