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Pipes Regulating the ICT Infrastructure
The European Union launched a new electronic communications regulatory framework in July 2003 which provides the legal framework for continuing the development of Europe's communications industry. The new framework is pro-competition - regulation is withdrawn as competition develops - and covers, among other things, the management of scarce resources essential to communications.
One particularly important resource is radio spectrum, through which all wireless communications travel. The EU's new radio spectrum policy was launched as part of the new framework. However, while the Framework focuses on communications networks and services, radio spectrum policy covers all areas where spectrum is an issue, from mobile telephony to television broadcasting, from satellite positioning systems to scientific research, and much more.
These regulatory areas are coordinated with the Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (RTTE) Directive, which regulates the telecommunications equipment market. By replacing over 1000 national approval regulations, the Directive has created a framework for regulating what is now a European single market worth 30 billion euro.
The Commission also launched the Mobile Roaming Charges regulatory initiative to reduce the cost of international roaming charges in Europe, and regulates the safety of ICT-related products: preventing any risk of health-related effects of Electromagnetic Fields, and setting minimum safety and health requirements for work with Visual Display Units.
Creating sustainable technology that reduces carbon footprint, power levels and waste is also a major challenge for the 21st century.
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