<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div class="article-header" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(48, 46, 46); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; "><div class="module-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; "><div class="module-title2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; "><div class="module-title3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; "><h2 class="title" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 24px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.1em; width: auto; font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php/telecoms-package/net-neutrality/918-eu-parliament-threat-to-knife-new-telecoms-rules" id="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: none; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: rgb(93, 83, 184); visibility: visible; "><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(18, 50, 89); ">EU</span> Parliament threat to knife new telecoms rules</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 0px; background-image: none; clear: both; float: none; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; "></div><div class="rt-articleinfo" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; "><div class="rt-articleinfo-text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; float: left; position: relative; 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padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(48, 46, 46); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; "><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; ">Not quite murder on the dance floor, but murder in the committees, according to one observer.</strong></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(48, 46, 46); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; "> It looks like the European Parliament could take a knife to parts of the proposed Telecoms Regulation (Connected Continent) if not its entirety.<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; ">Iptegrity </em>has followed the discussion in two committees this week – IMCO and ITRE - and it was abundantly clear that the Parliament does not like this proposal. Not quite murder perhaps, but elements of the proposal could be killed off.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(48, 46, 46); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; position: static; z-index: auto; "> The Parliament is accusing the Commission of failing to consult, rushing the timing, and overall making something of dogs breakfast, the full title of which is the '<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; ">Proposal on a European single market for electronic communications and to achieve a Connected Continent</em>'l. One target for removal is the Commission’s attempt at what looks market consolidation.</p><div>.....</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php/telecoms-package/net-neutrality/918-eu-parliament-threat-to-knife-new-telecoms-rules">http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php/telecoms-package/net-neutrality/918-eu-parliament-threat-to-knife-new-telecoms-rules</a></div><div><br></div></body></html>