Teleindustrien står overfor kollaps

Det er EU kommisionens forslag om lavere roaming afgifter, der får Stand Consult til at tænde de røde advarselslamper (in English)

The new EU roaming rules are created to sound good in voters' ears, but unfortunately, Neelie Kroes and her team have not thought through the economic consequences for the telecom industry and Europe with the roaming proposal.

While it is a heroic idea to make mobile roaming cheaper, the proposed plan will put an end to investment in mobile infrastructure including deployment 4G/LTE deployment, the very thing that the Commission wants to support to create a connected and more competitive continent.

It will also mean massive dismissals of employees in the European telecommunications industry. The plan, if implemented, will create perverse incentives for arbitrage and border trade in mobile telephony.

Strand Consult has analyzed the proposed roaming plan.

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17/9 2013