Juan Manuel, Viviane Reding, Neelie Kroes, Margot Wallostroem Jacques Barrot, Guenter Verhuegen, Siim Kallas Franco Frattini Stavros Dimas, Joaquin Almunia, Danuta Huebner, Joe Borg, Dalia Grybauskaite Janez Potocnik Jįn Figel, Markos Kyprianou Olli Rehn, Louis Michel, Lįszló Kovįcs, Neelie Kroes, Mariann Fischer-Boel Benita Ferrero-Waldner Charlie McCreevy Vladimir, Peter Mandelson Andris Piebalgs Meglena Kuneva, Leonard Orban. Subject: market 15 (mobile access and origination)
Dear President Barroso, dear Commissioners Reding and Kroes, dear members of the
European Commission:
I hereby express my disapproval and concern for your envisaged intention to eliminate
market 15 (mobile and access origination) from the list of regulated telecommunications
markets. Such decision would be against my interests as a European Citizen and
consumer as it would irreversibly affect the level of competition in the mobile market.
On the contrary, I believe that market 15 should be kept in the list of regulated markets
and that any step should be taken to ensure that the mobile market remain as
competitive as possible. Access of competitors to mobile networks should not be left to
the discretion of few dominant Mobile Operators, but be mandated through regulation
for the benefit of consumers and in the interest of a healthy and competitive
development of convergent services.
Kind regards