[Air-L] WEBCAST TODAY: Net neutrality in Europe: The BEREC guidelines and beyond

[Joly MacFie]

This is just about to start. A highly detailed presentation from
the co-chair of the expert working group that developed Europe's NN policy.



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<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/berec/>Last *Thursday
6 October 2016* the *Geneva Internet Platform
<http://giplatform.org/>* presented
a webinar *Net neutrality in Europe: The BEREC guidelines and beyond
<http://www.diplomacy.edu/calendar/webinar-net-neutrality-europe-berec-guidelines-and-beyond>*
. *Mr Frode Sørensen*, Senior Adviser at Norwegian Communications Authority
(Nkom) presented an overview of the recently published *Body of European
Regulators for Electronic Communications <http://berec.europa.eu/>*
set of *Guidelines
on the Implementation by National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) of European
Network Neutrality Rules
<http://berec.europa.eu/eng/document_register/subject_matter/berec/regulatory_best_practices/guidelines/6160-berec-guidelines-on-the-implementation-by-national-regulators-of-european-net-neutrality-rules>*.
The BEREC guidelines are aimed at assisting national regulatory authorities
in implementing their net neutrality-related obligations according to the
new *EU regulations (2015/2120)
<https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/8fdf5d08-93fc-11e5-983e-01aa75ed71a1/language-en>*,
including by closely monitoring and ensuring ‘compliance with the rules to
safeguard equal and non-discriminatory treatment of traffic in the
provision of Internet access services and related end-user rights’. The
Guidelines were received with enthusiasm by civil society – some of whom
see them as a win for net neutrality in the EU – and with a degree of
reticence by telecom operators – some of whom argue that most of their
concerns have not been taken into account. Regulators say their guidelines
have found a balanced solution within the frames set out by the regulation,
indicated by the observation that both camps in the debate seem equally
(un)happy. Mr Sørensen provided a snapshot of the BEREC’s net neutrality
guidelines, and reflected on their effect on commercial practices such as
zero rating, traffic management of internet access services, the issue of
specialised services, and the innovation and rights of Internet users, as
well as questions raised by the participants. An edited version of the
webinar will be streamed at *1pm EDT* today *Monday October 10 2016*
on the *Internet
Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/berec/>*

*What: Net neutrality in Europe: The BEREC guidelines and beyond
<http://www.diplomacy.edu/calendar/webinar-net-neutrality-europe-berec-guidelines-and-beyond>*
*When: Monday October 10 2016 1pm EDT (17:00 UTC)*
*Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/berec/
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/berec/>*
*Twitter: #berec + #thegip http://bit.ly/2dZn2Cy <http://bit.ly/2dZn2Cy>*



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