Press Release: Commission proposes major step forward for telecoms single market

On 11 September 2013 the European Commission adopted a legislative package for a 'Connected Continent: Building a Telecoms Single Market' aimed at building a connected, competitive European continent and enabling sustainable digital jobs and industries.

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European Commission: Digital Agenda for Europe: Telecoms and the Internet: Connected Continent: a single telecom market for growth & jobs https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/connected-continent-single-telecom-market-growth-jobs

European Commission: COM (2013) 634: Communication ... on the Telecommunications Single Market https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/communication-commission-european-parliament-council-european-economic-and-social-committee-a-0

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/13/779: Commission adopts regulatory proposals for a Connected Continent http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-779_en.htm

EUObserver, 11.09.13: EU to ban roaming charges, internet throttling http://euobserver.com/economic/121397

EurActiv, 10.09.13: Kroes’s telecoms plan faces Commission hostility http://www.euractiv.com/infosociety/kroes-telecoms-plan-faces-commis-news-530334

BBC News, 11.09.13: Europe plans to end mobile phone roaming charges http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24056369

Deutsche Welle, 11.09.13: EU outlines ambitious plan to end roaming fees and 'throttle' net neutrality opponents http://dw.de/p/19ft8

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/13/693: We must act now – time for a Connected Continent http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-693_en.htm

EurActiv, 12.09.13: 'Connected continent' plan seeks harmonised EU telecoms market http://www.euractiv.com/infosociety/krose-seeks-slash-roaming-charge-news-530399

BEREC: News, BoR (13) 104 (16.09.13): BEREC statement on the publication of a European Commission proposal for a Regulation on the European single market http://berec.europa.eu/eng/document_register/subject_matter/berec/others/?doc=1432

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/13/828: A connected continent for European competitiveness http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-828_en.pdf

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