Comment Neelie (Kroes)

[...] So we must bring the single market boost to the telecoms sector too. But at the moment we don't have that; not yet, anyway. With national telecoms operators, national networks, national rules for spectrum, systems differ and diverge. Artificial borders mean arbitrary barriers: and that has consequences for you. You pay more when you call to or from abroad, paying "international" rates within Europe and high roaming charges. You can't freely consume telecoms services from across Europe; you're stuck with what's on offer locally. You can't get innovative new services, like communications that are secure or guaranteed quality. And the telecoms sector itself remains fragmented and weak, unable to innovate and invest, so you get patchy service and less choice. Networks suffer from lack of investment, lack of integration across Europe, and lack of resilience.