Tag: telecoms EU

Further consolidating telecoms in Europe would hurt consumers and reduce investment 

With the EU considering to review their Merger Guidelines while planning to present a major overhaul of the telecoms rules in the upcoming Digital Networks Act, all too familiar calls to allow Europe’s telecoms companies to merge instead of competing...

and / October 15, 2025
Merger control is essential to ensuring consumer choice.

Why consumers need strong EU merger control

Some big merger decisions are coming down the tracks. To ensure consumer choice and value for money, we need strict merger control write BEUC's Agustin Reyna and Vanessa Turner.

and / January 19, 2024

Roaming done. International calls next

Since 15 June, roaming fees in the EU are part of history. That is undoubtedly great news for consumers and a big step towards the creation of a single market for telecom services. But it has also created a terrible...

/ August 28, 2017