Telecommunications: Implementation of full competition in markets (amend. Direct. 90/388/EEC)

The report by Mrs Imelda READ (PSE, UK) was adopted by the committee and, among other things, it was aimed at: - doing away with the automatic granting of long transition periods for Member States with less-developed networks or very small networks, - protecting the consumer, particularly with regard to continuity in numbering in the case of a change of service provider, - requiring public network operators to provide open and non-discriminatory access where competitors did not have economic alternatives and giving public notification of the interconnection terms, - requiring all service providers, not only the providers of voice telephony services and public networks, to contribute to the provision and financing of the universal service obligation. �