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Da: Malcolm Hutty <malcolm@linx.net> Oggetto: [Euro-IX Board] Fwd: [EUROISPA General] WCIT12: Kroes formally opposes ETNO's proposal Data: 24 ottobre 2012 10:05:03 CEST A: Euro-IX Board <board@euro-ix.net>

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From: Innocenzo Genna <inno@innogenna.it> Date: 24 October 2012 03:53:35 GMT+01:00 To: "general@euroispa.eu General" <general@euroispa.eu> Subject: [EUROISPA General] WCIT12: Kroes formally opposes ETNO's proposal

Commissioner Kroes has formally opposed ETNO's proposal on the reform of Internet within the WCIT12 negotiations. The position of Kroes is contained in a reply to a question of MEP Judith Sargentini, which can find herein-below. Remarkably, despite the fact that the ETNO's proposal has been rejected by US, CEPT (European members of the EU) and now the UE, the incumbents are still going ahead. The ETNO's proposal is now apparently only supported by African and Arabic countries, which however could use such proposal for antidemocratic purposes.

Further info on my blog (in Italian, but you can contact me for explanations): http://radiobruxelleslibera.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/kroes-condanna-espressa...

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E-007989/2012

Answer given by Ms Kroes

on behalf of the Commission

(22.10.2012)

Managed services provide access to applications and content with a certain quality of service level. An internet service provider (ISP) may conclude commercial agreements with content providers to ensure that technical properties of specific content or applications are controlled from end-to-end. Certain applications require a specific quality of service (QoS) level, including television (IPTV), video on demand or some business services, such as virtual private networks (VPN). However, not all services referred to in the question require controlled quality.

Electronic communications operators should be able to market managed services. However, in order to protect the Internet’s capacity to innovate, the provision of such services should not be to the detriment of the quality of the “best effort” Internet. Moreover, the Commission is committed to maintain the Internet as an open platform to innovate for all providers, including small and emerging providers. In this respect, the Commission’s position resonates with the position expressed by the Government of the Netherlands on ETNO’s proposal. Generally, the Commission believes that the ITRs are not the appropriate forum for setting compensation and tariff systems.

The Commission’s proposal (COM/2012/0430 final – 2012/0207 (NLE))[1] seeks to ensure that there is no extension of scope in relation to the existing International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs), in particular in relation to matters related to the Internet. The absence of any specific ITR provisions does not prevent the EU to take regulatory or legislative actions in this area.

----------------------------------------- Innocenzo Genna Genna Cabinet Bruxelles Transparency Register n. 69172187430-79

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----------------------------------------- Innocenzo Genna Genna Cabinet Bruxelles Transparency Register n. 69172187430-79

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