Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications

So basically, those authorities, they should follow some kind of guidelines that are defined by another authority, which is the European authority that basically governs the work between all these different member states.

BEREC, you mean, right?

BEREC, exactly.

BEREC is the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications.

So for example, is, there is the Bundesnetzagentur for Germany, or there is AGCOM for Italy.

They are some kind of European Bundesnetzagentur, for example.

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Shifting gears, welcome to Fresh AI, Policy Pulse, where today we're looking at two reports approved by BEREC, the EU body of national telecom regulators at their most recent meeting.

The first tackles wholesale access obligations for publicly funded fiber networks, while the second examines how generative AI services are affecting the open internet.

Right, so on the fiber network side, BEREC is focusing on how national regulators can ensure that publicly funded FTTP and FTTH deployments provide open access to competing service providers.

This is crucial because when public money builds infrastructure, there's an expectation that it won't create monopolies or favor specific operators.

That's a key point.

It's about balancing the need to encourage infrastructure investment while preventing gatekeeping behavior that could lock out competitors.

Now the second report is particularly interesting for our audience.