EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS 6

1. A TELECOM SINGLE MARKET 7

  1.1. WHY A SINGLE MARKET IN TELECOMS? 7

  1.2. THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S PROPOSALS TO ADVANCE THE SINGLE MARKET 11

  1.3. OTHER PROPOSALS TO ADVANCE A SINGLE MARKET 14

2. ACCESS REGULATION 18

  2.1. THE DNA PROPOSAL 18

  2.2. THE RATIONALE FOR ACCESS REGULATION 18

  2.3. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE DNA PROPOSAL 20

3. COPPER SWITCH OFF 24

  3.1. THE PROPOSED DNA REFORM AND ITS DEVIATION FROM EXISTING REGULATORY PRINCIPLES 24

  3.2. IMPACT ON CONSUMER CHOICE AND TECHNOLOGY 27

  3.3. PROPORTIONALITY AND SUBSIDIARITY 33

  3.4 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE DNA PROPOSAL 37

4. NET NEUTRALITY 42

  4.1. INTRODUCTION 42

  4.2. CORE PRINCIPLES FOR A NE[X]T NEUTRALITY 45

  4.3. THE OPEN INTERNET AND THE SUBJECTS IT PROTECTS 47

  4.4. COMPETITION AND CONSUMER EMPOWERMENT 48

  4.5. CONGESTION AND ITS MITIGATION 50

  4.6. THE ISP-CAP RELATIONSHIPS 51

  4.7. SUBSTITUTABILITY AND THE SCOPE OF THE OPEN INTERNET RULES 52

  4.8. QUALITY DIFFERENTIATION, SPECIALISED SERVICES AND UNCERTAINTY OF CURRENT RULES 54

  4.9. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE DNA OPEN INTERNET PROVISIONS 56

ABOUT CERRE 61

ABOUT THE AUTHORS 62