Telecommunications for Europe 1992 - 2: The Cec Sources

This work constitutes a continuation of the first volume of the source book, published 1989 and which contained the work leading up to, including, and immediately following the Green Paper on the Development of the Common Market for Telecommunications Services and Equipment. The first volume covered the period up to the end of 1988, while this second volume covers regulatory and policy developments in 1989 and 1990. Among the milestones covered in the current volume are the definition of Open Network Provision; opening of the services market to competition; the introduction of ISDN in the European Community; the regulation of mobile communications; the Green Paper on a common approach in the field of satellite communications in the European Community; opening of public procurement procedures; guidelines for the application of competition rules; developments concerning the protection of personal data; and establishing of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. The source book contains the main official documents related to the telecommunications industry in the European Community, pertaining to developments during the period 1989-90 towards the 1992 goal of a Europe-wide market for telecommunications products and services. The volume is aimed at users, equipment suppliers and service providers, as well as for those in public or private sectors concerned with regulation or policy in the telecommunications field.