The United Kingdom’s departure from the EU may bring into question the financing and regulation of telecoms services on either side of the Channel.
In this regard, a document from the European Parliament’s industry, research and energy committee (ITRE) states that the exit agreement and/or agreement on future EU-UK relations should address the question of frequencies, rules applying to service suppliers on the telecoms market, roaming charges and cybersecurity requirements.
In terms of frequencies, there is the question of interference and cooperation between British regulators and those of the member states, or of EU bodies, such as the radioelectric frequencies policy group, when it comes to managing and harmonising frequencies.
The document also indicates that the EU should sign an agreement with the UK under EU Regulation 910/2014 to state that services provided by British suppliers are trusted services.
The document goes on to address organisation of the European agency responsible for networks and information and the European electronic communications regulatory body.
Finally, ITRE discusses how Brexit will affect various financial programmes, such as the mechanism for interconnection in Europe and Wifi4All. It says that British projects may be affected since financing is done on a first come, first served basis.
See: http://bit.ly/2kAVtpn (Original version in French by Sophie Petitjean)