Overview
- The draft consolidates the EECC, BEREC rules, cross‑border spectrum provisions and Open Internet regulation into a single roughly 260‑page framework.
- The Commission proposes spectrum usage rights without fixed terms alongside an EU frequency strategy after each World Radiocommunication Conference, with a use‑it‑or‑share‑it approach flagged in the text.
- The plan introduces a voluntary mechanism for resolving peering and transit disputes, while CCIA Europe warns it could function as a de facto obligation to settle and reopen the door to network fees.
- Germany’s regulator sketched a migration model allowing local copper shutdowns three years after 80% fiber coverage if competitors receive suitable access, a threshold industry groups call unrealistic.
- Industry associations VATM, Breko and ANGA oppose extending legacy access regulation to single‑provider fiber builds, arguing it would dampen investment, while Deutsche Telekom urges that TV cable networks be included in the migration debate.