> Currently only a select few in each country who are paying a large licensing fee are allowed to set up the different types of networks
Just like in pretty much every country in the world. Spectrum is a public resource, and not an infinite one. Every allocation given to a private company deprives society of other potential uses of that spectrum.
The EU communications market is already vastly more competitive than e.g. the US market in many areas, _thanks_ to extensive regulation to force unbundling of a lot of network and consumer services. This is about fixing some of the remaining problems, yes.
If anything, the regulation of the communications market in the EU is both one of the biggest successes in recent years, and one of the areas where EU decisions are most popular with EU citizens.
That is exactly the Point. Spectrum is scarce, and just like land areas are treated(mostly) with property rights, so should radio waves. That it historically has been mistreated doesn't make the solution in the subject any better.
>Spectrum is a public resource, and not an infinite one. Every allocation given to a private company deprives society of other potential uses of that spectrum.
Then you divide the spectrum into chunks and sell 10 year licences to each one to the highest bidder. Problem solved, regulatory capture averted.
Just like in pretty much every country in the world. Spectrum is a public resource, and not an infinite one. Every allocation given to a private company deprives society of other potential uses of that spectrum.
The EU communications market is already vastly more competitive than e.g. the US market in many areas, _thanks_ to extensive regulation to force unbundling of a lot of network and consumer services. This is about fixing some of the remaining problems, yes.
If anything, the regulation of the communications market in the EU is both one of the biggest successes in recent years, and one of the areas where EU decisions are most popular with EU citizens.