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To: foundation who wrote (32085)	2/6/2003 2:08:08 PM
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Swedish ministry to boost regulator powers over 3G development Feb. 05, 2003 5:39 PM EST OSLO, Norway—Sweden's Information Technology (IT) Minister Ulrica Messing made a surprise announcement Wednesday that she would propose increased powers for telecom regulators, including enabling them to force operators to cooperate and speed third-generation (3G) mobile network development. The new Law on Electronic Communication has been in the pipeline for some time, and recent media coverage hinted that the task group was leaning the other way, toward lifting regulations that force operators to allow smaller competitors access to existing networks. PTS chief Nils-Gunnar Billinger had recently been quoted in Svenska Dagbladet as fearing Sweden was on the verge of regressing to the first days after deregulation. The new proposal will make Sweden's National Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) stronger and more flexible, according to Messing's press secretary Lovisa Lantz. The proposal aims to allow the PTS to define the major market player at various levels, force the dominant player to allow other operators to use its network, as well as set the price for this arrangement. “Now the largest player is always Telia, since a national perspective has been in force. The PTS will now have the opportunity to determine who the major player is based on the definitions of the market—be it municipal, county or something else,” Lantz said. “The goal is flexible legislation that will strengthen the free market and help the small operators against the larger,” Messing told Swedish news agency TT. Messing said that the new proposed powers would also include 3G development and give the PTS the option of demanding cooperation in mast building as a final solution to deadlocks. “PTS is in favor of Ulrica Messing's proposal to give the PTS increased powers to force cooperation on 3G development. We are now awaiting to acquaint ourselves with the pending ministry document on this subject,” said Katarina Kämpe and Marie-Louise Lindbäck of the PTS Information Department. ========== Bureaucrats pushing a string? LOL!

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