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MVNO Europe invites the European Commission to take utmost account of the ITRE Committee’s in-depth study on the impact of the Roaming-Like-At-Home regime
Brussels, November 2018 – MVNO EUROPE welcomes the European Parliament‘s assessment work on the impact of Roaming-Like-At-Home (RLAH) and calls on the European Commission to carefully examine the ITRE Committee in-depth study to swiftly reduce wholesale roaming...
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MVNO Europe encourages the German Telecoms Regulator to impose MVNO access to 5G networks to ensure a fair and non-discriminatory telecoms market in Germany
Brussels, 22 November 2018 – Following the publication of the draft '5G' spectrum auction terms by the German Federal Network Agency (‘the BNetzA’), MVNO Europe calls on the German regulator to impose wholesale network access requirements on radio spectrum licensees....
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German Telecoms Regulator should ensure MVNO access to 5G networks on its territory
Brussels, 2 August 2018 – Following-up on the hearing of 13 July on the forthcoming auction for 2 GHz and 3,6 GHz radio spectrum held by the German Federal Network Agency (hereafter ‘the BNetzA’), MVNO Europe calls upon the German regulator to provide for mandatory...
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MVNO Europe welcomes BEREC’s report on the effects of mobile mergers on retail market prices
Brussels - MVNO Europe welcomes BEREC’s study report on mobile post-merger prices and quality in Austria, Ireland and Germany and calls upon national authorities in charge of radio spectrum to further consider independent Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) when...
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MVNO Europe engages in constructive dialogue with Commissioner Gabriel on removing obstacles for MVNOs to compete
Brussels - On Tuesday 29th of June, MVNO Europe members had the pleasure to meet with the European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel. The association and the Commission had a constructive discussion on the future of the Digital Single...
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Legislators should not lose sight of correcting discriminatory wholesale roaming charges despite progress on EECC
Legislators make welcome progress on pro-competitive radio spectrum aspects of the draft European Electronic Communications Code, but high wholesale roaming charges are still hurting MVNOs and damaging competition for mobile services. During the last trialogue meeting...
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MVNO Europe kicks off new year with election of experienced and revamped board
Brussels – MVNO Europe looks forward to the new and old challenges the new year will bring to us. To meet those challenges, a revamped board has been (re-)elected that combines the best elements of both old and new. Jacques Bonifay (Transatel) and Innocenzo Genna...
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End of roaming: unexpected side effects for consumers, business users and operators?
Brussels, June 2017 - As of June 15, mobile users in Europe will in principle be able to "roam-like-at-home", under the EU new rules which abolish mobile roaming surcharges across the Union. MVNO Europe has always strongly supported the policy objective of...
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Teledema joins MVNO Europe
Brussels – We’re pleased to announce that Lithuania’s leading Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) has joined MVNO Europe. Teledema was founded in 2003 and unites people across Lithuania, who can enjoy exceptional attention and great network quality. Lithuania’s...
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Agreement on roaming wholesale caps: impact on competition and European end-users?
Brussels, 1 February 2017 - Yesterday evening, an agreement was reached between EU lawmakers and Member States on the level of caps for the wholesale roaming charges mobile network operators pay each other when their customers call, send texts or use their data in...
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