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International Stakeholder Forum

Ofcom Riverside House March 2018

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Agenda

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• 1. Introduction
• 2. Brexit
• 3. Review of the AVMS Directive and other Media Policy
• 4. Review of the EU Telecoms Framework
• 5. BEREC update
• 6. International Spectrum

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BREXIT

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Review of the AVMS Directive and other Media Policy

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Progress: AVMSD Trilogues

Trilogues – from 10 July (monthly), last

• n 26 March (8th)

Due to finish 26 April (maybe 26 May)

Agreement/movement on: Key Points Articles 1&2 Editorial decisions Database Articles 3&4 (derogation and circumvention) (?) Grounds for derogation (NOT human dignity) Number of breaches Urgent Procedure Article 7 (access services) Articles 30 and 30a (ERGA and Independence of Regulators) Article 6 Aligning VOD and linear/ incitement/reference to Fundamental Rights/human dignity Article on Media Literacy and 28a Move away from “levels” measurement; Article 4a (and elsewhere) References to self- and co-regulation Articles 9-11(?) Qualitative advertising rules (kids/HFSS) Articles 6 and 28a Data Protection & minors Article 5 Media Ownership information

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Approaching agreement – close but no cigar

• 1. VSPs:

1. range of content (programmes UGV and commercial communications); 2. incitement to hatred wording; 3. Some measures for VSPs (e.g. parental controls, age verification) 4. clear COO approach proportionality (reference to size of players)

• 2. VSPs and “extent of extension” on commercial communications
• 3. Advertising minutes: “peak time” period for restricting advertising minutes

Significant divergence

• 1. VSPs:

1. live streaming services vs “storage” – “provided” OR “stored or streamed” 2. text on Terrorism 3. max/min harmonisation 4. VSPs and HFSS

• 2. Signal integrity
• 3. European works: levies for linear services

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Content: Networks update

ERGA - Plenary 23 March 2018

• Work started on AVMSD Review, Plurality and Co- and Self-regulation
• Keynote on Algorithms
• Strategy Session on Fake News

EPRA – Next meeting 23-25 May 2018

• Media Literacy: focus on networks and collaboration
• PSB/Elections
• Major focus on Diversity (esp. Women in Media)

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Review of the EU Telecoms Framework

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Progress and next steps

EECC

• Trilogue meetings - monthly since October

Next meeting on 25 April

• Political agreement on most spectrum elements

Future sessions to focus on access, end user rights and governance

• Possible political agreement on whole Code before summer break

BEREC Regulation

• Formal trilogue discussions to start towards end of EECC process

Confidential

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Spectrum Provisional agreement on most of the key issues

• Rules on how Member States authorise spectrum use
• Licence duration
• Peer review of award proposals

Access Ongoing discussions on major issues

• Symmetric regulation (including access beyond first concentration point)
• Provisions on co-investment and wholesale-only networks
• Backstop power to regulate retail SMP
• Regulatory approach to non-competitive oligopolies
• Not currently on the table but major Ofcom concern on NRA obligations re

anticipating market reviews in case market developments Confidential

Main issues

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Main issues (continued)

Services Some fundamental issues still under consideration

• Intra-EU calls
• Scope of full harmonisation and degree of Member State discretion
• Scope of consumer protection provisions, including treatment of “other

conveyance services” and NIICS

• Bundles and Digital Content Directive

Institutional aspects

• Focus on which tasks are assigned to NRAs
• Linkage to BEREC regulation

Confidential

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BEREC Update

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BEREC update

Work Programme

• BEREC’s 2018 Work Programme now under way. Publications after first Plenary in March

included:

• Launch of a public consultation on net neutrality regulation and associated

guidelines and parallel assessment of BEREC’s experience

• Report on the need to review the Common Positions on Markets 3a, 3b and 4
• Opinion on Commission proposals to update SMP Guidelines
• Report on the impact of premium content on ECS markets and the effect of devices
• n the open use of the Internet

Governance

• Jas Sheera from Ofcom appointed Co-Chair of the Remedies Expert Working Group.
• Johannes Gungl (RTR) has now begun his 1-year term as Chair.
• Call for inputs for 2019 Work Programme launched this week.

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International Spectrum – RSPG & RSC

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International spectrum: RSPG

• Plenary met on 31st January. Adopted second Opinion on 5G. New Chair: Jonas Wessel

(Sweden) / Vice-Chair: Frank Kruger (Germany). Philip Marnick remains on Troika as outgoing Chairman

• Agreed the 2018/19 work programme. Work items include;
• Further work on 5G, focusing on authorisation challenges and the needs of verticals
• Follow up work to the EECC and evolution of the RSPG
• European Spectrum Strategy – a look 10-30 years ahead
• Continuation of the Good Offices work
• Preparation for WRC-19
• Peer Review
• Stakeholder Briefing scheduled for 15th May in Stockholm

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EU spectrum update: RSC

Harmonisation Decisions

• New - Improving Mobile Communications for Consumers - Making more spectrum

available to operators to increase downlink capacity on their networks - Decision on supplemental downlink (SDL) in 1427-1452MHz / 1492-1518MHz

• New – Decision liberalising use at 900 / 1800 MHz to enable cellular IoT deployments

by mobile operators

• Draft – RSC is nearing final draft for a Decision on harmonised spectrum use in the

bands at 870 – 876 / 915 – 921MHz which balances requirements of different categories of users Mandates to CEPT

• Draft – consideration of a first draft to examine spectrum requirements for the Future

Rail Mobile Communications System ( FRMCS) to build on the work already underway in CEPT

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Feedback & Close

Next meeting: Thursday 19th July 2018, 2pm to 4pm