The regulation of number porting services in the EU: Are the principles set out by the ECJ in the recent PTC decision reconcilable with the practical consequences of the earlier Mobistar judgment?Case comment to the preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice of 1 July 2010 Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa v President of Office of Electronic Communications (Case C-99/09)
Number portability is the name given to the facility that allows the subscribers of Publicly Available Telephone Services (PATS) to change their service provider while retaining their original number. By enabling subscribers to switch between telecoms network/service providers with little inconv...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Warsaw
2011-11-01
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| Series: | Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies |
| Online Access: | https://yars.wz.uw.edu.pl/images/yars2011_4_5/Flynn_The_regulation.pdf |
| Summary: | Number portability is the name given to the facility that allows the subscribers of Publicly Available Telephone Services (PATS) to change their service provider while retaining their original number. By enabling subscribers to switch between telecoms network/service providers with little inconvenience, the number porting service therefore constitutes a key facilitator of consumer choice and effective competition on the electronic communications market. The importance of number portability in this respect is easily demonstrated if it is considered that, in 2010 alone, 930,000 Polish fixed line subscribers availed of this facility, along with a further 866,000 mobile network subscribers |
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| ISSN: | 1689-9024 2545-0115 |