BEREC and its counterpart from REGULATEL (Latin American Forum of Telecommunications Regulators) met on 24 June 2016 in Cancún (Mexico) for a high-level summit to discuss the current challenges for the electronic communications sector. The...

BEREC Chair Wilhelm Eschweiler represented BEREC at the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the “Digital Economy: Innovation, Growth and Social Prosperity” which took place in Cancún, Mexico, from 20-23 June 2016. In particular, Mr. Eschweiler participated...

On 16 June the BEREC Chair, Mr. Wilhelm Eschweiler, participated in a meeting of the Council working party Telecom and Information society. He informed the members of the working party on BEREC's ongoing work, such...

15 June 2016 BEREC Chair Wilhelm Eschweiler met the ITRE Committee-Working Group on the Digital Union of the European Parliament to discuss the governance of the telecommunications market. During his presentation, Wilhelm Eschweiler introduced BEREC’s...

Which end-users are protected by the Regulation, and how?

The Regulation establishes rights in relation to the open internet for “end-users”. Using the legal definitions provided in the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications, BEREC...

What transparency requirements does the Regulation introduce for ISPs?

The Regulation requires ISPs to provide information about their internet access services, such as speeds, data caps, and any traffic management measures applied to their service,...

What are specialised services and how are they relevant to the Regulation?

BEREC uses the term ‘specialised services’ as a short expression for a longer term used in the Regulation: “services other than internet access...

What is traffic management and what is “equal treatment”?

When end-users communicate over the Internet, data traffic is sent between the end-users’ terminals. The traffic is sent through the networks of the ISPs through which...