The European Parliament appears to be ready to negotiate on the future European electronic communications code. The industry committee (ITRE) reached a negotiating position in the evening of 2 October and granted the rapporteur a mandate for beginning discussions with the Council. The latter has called for caps on international intra-EU calls and for licenses to be set at a minimum of 25 years.
Nonetheless, there are still several steps to be taken before inter-institution negotiations...