Public consultation on the draft BEREC Report on interoperability of Number-Independent Interpersonal Communication Services (NI-ICS)

13 December 2022

During the 53rd BEREC plenary meeting (8 December 2022), the Board of Regulators has approved the draft BEREC Report on interoperability of Number-Independent Interpersonal Communication Services (NI-ICS), (BoR (22) 187) for public consultation.

The objectives of this report are to present the main economic features and the state of the market for some NI-ICS and to analyse:

  1. the objectives, the scope and the “triggers” of interoperability obligations under both the DMA and the EECC,
  2. the potential technical approaches and the implementation challenges to be taken into account when applying these measures, as well as
  3. the interplay between the two regulatory frameworks. The current work focuses on messaging services, but other NI-ICS may be further analysed by BEREC in the future.

Interested parties are kindly requested to submit their contributions here by 3 February 2023 close of business.

After submitting the contribution, an acknowledgment confirmation page will be displayed. Contributions should be sent preferably in English and, in order to facilitate processing of the responses, the comments provided should clearly refer to certain sections/subsections/paragraphs of the document.

In accordance with the BEREC policy on public consultations, BEREC will publish all contributions and a summary of the contributions, respecting confidentiality requests. Any such requests should clearly indicate which information is considered confidential and be accompanied by a non-confidential version.

Contributions received: