The Orange–H3G Merger and the New Regulatory Paradigm for a Single Telecoms Market

More specifically, it would present the policy initiatives that outline the principles and the main premises of the new regulatory paradigm for a single telecoms market in the EU. A starting point for this will be a review of the regulatory and market developments that have led to and/or are addressed by the new regulatory paradigm for the telecoms sector. It will outline the new issues that the Orange–H3G merger brought to the regulatory attention. The response of the EU and national regulators to the identified merger-specific competition problems will be subjected to critical analysis for its consistency with earlier regulatory decisions and European Courts’ jurisprudence concerning the telecoms sector. The article will outline how the regulatory approach in the Orange–H3G merger will redefine the interrelation between sector-specific regulation and competition law enforcement in the telecoms sector."