EU may have to redraw telecoms plans

BRUSSELS, Sept 9 (Reuters) The EU telecoms chief may have to redraw part of her plan to boost broadband speeds and forge a cross continent market, because of opposition to parts critics say could give big operators unfair advantages, a senior EU Commission official cheap canada goose uk said.

European telecoms canada goose coats on sale Commissioner Neelie Kroes this year announced a 10 step canada goose uk black friday plan to boost investment in infrastructure and make sure canada goose factory sale EU citizens can download data from the Internet as quickly Canada Goose Online as their counterparts in Asia and North America.

But as many as nine canada goose uk outlet commissioners have already objected to the plans, particularly parts which could allow telecoms companies to charge content providers and consumers extra for using certain Internet services, the official canada goose black friday sale told Reuters uk canada goose on Monday. The official declined canadagoosejacketsalesca.co.uk black friday canada goose https://www.canadagoosejacketsalesca.co.uk to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter.

Kroes spokesman Ryan Heath declined to comment.

According to a Commission draft seen by Reuters, Kroes wants telecoms companies and content canada goose clearance providers to be able to sign agreements with canada goose coats each other as long as such deals do not impair the quality of Internet access services.

But critics have said this would threaten what many see as one of the core principles of the Internet neutrality, the idea that all canadian goose jacket data should buy canada goose jacket be treated equally, and content providers should not be canada goose clearance sale able to negotiate things like faster speeds for their services at extra costs.

Senior Commission officials met earlier on Monday Canada Goose online to discuss Kroes telecoms proposal which will be debated by the other 27 commissioners in Strasbourg on Tuesday. She will present the package on Wednesday.

biggest concern canada goose uk shop of numerous commissioners is the issue of Net neutrality. Because what Kroes proposal is doing is restricting and creating exceptions to Net neutrality, the official said.

to nine commissioners have expressed serious doubts. This will be a point at the college. Everything is up for discussion, the official said. A item means topics are subject to debate before they can be adopted by the Commission.

Kroes said when she introduced the plan, a more unified market was needed because investment was being hampered uk canada goose outlet by time consuming civil planning rules, widely divergent prices for both consumers and businesses, and scarcity of radio spectrum.

Kroes blueprint for a single telecoms market, which also covers mobile spectrum and price Canada Goose sale regulation, comes as the telecoms industry struggles with falling revenues, cheap Canada Goose stringent regulation and fierce competition.

Europe telecoms industry will face a 0.5 to 2 percent annual drop in canada goose store revenues by the end of 2020, according to a canada goose report by Boston Consulting Group for telecoms lobby group ETNO, leaving a huge investment gap of 110 billion Canada Goose Jackets to 170 billion euros.

But critics have said the encouragements to Canada Goose Coats On Sale let content providers strike deals with telecoms companies would inevitably favour existing large firms.

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reform implicitly recognizes the right for buy canada goose jacket cheap network providers (including ISP) to arbitrarily discriminate and charge Internet services with the sole scope to privilege some Internet services instead of others, therefore without objective justifications, telecoms consultant Innocenzo Genna Canada Goose Outlet wrote on his blog.

Kroes proposals will have to be approved by the 28 EU countries and European Parliament before they can be made into law. (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee, Claire Davenport and Leila Abboud; Editing by Richard Chang).