Community telecommunications regulatory policy-main principles and actions

The topics discussed are liberalization of telecommunications markets; opening of the services market to competition; separation of regulatory and operational activities in the telecommunications sector; guidelines for the application of competition rules; definition of the open network provision (ONP); implementation of the principle that tariffs should follow overall cost-trends: single Community license for trans-European services; data protection; numbering issues and directories; establishment of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute; mutual recognition of type approval for terminal equipment; opening of public procurement satellite communication; and mobile communication