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BEREC, European Commission, European Electronic Communications Code, European framework, Fibre, Uncategorized / 21.01.2019

From several Directives to one Code On 17 December, two texts were published in the Official Journal of the European Union, revising the regulatory framework for electronic communications in Europe. The four Directives comprising this framework (Framework Directive, Authorizations Directive, Access Directive and Universal Service and Consumer Rights Directive) have...

DGCCRF, PRS / 07.01.2019

What did the National Assembly vote? On December 6, 2018, by 79 votes to 1, the French National Assembly voted the bill proposed by MP Christophe Naegelen, related to the rules of telephone marketing and to the fight against fraudulent calls. After our post of December 17 devoted to...

DGCCRF, PRS / 17.12.2018

On December 6, 2018, after 3 hours and 50 minutes of an intense debate, the members of the French Parliament, by 79 votes (representing almost all parties) against 1, adopted the bill of the UDI MP Christophe Naegelen, called Naegelen Bill, relating to the supervision of telephone marketing and...

ARCEP - Numbering / 22.10.2018

7.1 General remark ARCEP decision #18-0881  is the first complete overhaul of the numbering plan and its management rules since 2005. The notion of interpersonal numbers disappears in favor of territorial numbers, which includes interpersonal and M2M numbers. 7.2 Reallocation time (or quarantine duration) of a number 7.2.1 Measures 1.2.2019:...

ARCEP - Numbering / 15.10.2018

6.1 Recasting of the MCC-MNC (Mobile Country Code - Mobile Network Code) 6.1.1 Measures 1.8.2018: to support the implementation of LTE technology by other types of networks than publicly available mobile networks - independent networks such as PPDR (Public Protection and Disaster Relief) or PMR (Professional Mobile...

ARCEP - Numbering / 08.10.2018

5.1 Explicit authorization to send SMS and MMS to and from fixed numbers 5.1.1 measures 1.8.2018: ARCEP decision #18-0881 no longer limits the use of geographic, non-geographic numbers, free-of-charge and standard rate short numbers and special numbers to voice services only, but explicitly mentions SMS / MMS messaging services. The...

ARCEP - Numbering / 01.10.2018

4.1 Measures Prohibition, effective August 1, 2019, of using 10-digit geographic, non-geographic and mobile numbers as the calling line identification (CLI) of  calls or SMS / MMS mass-produced by an automated system In order to enhance user confidence in the calls and messages they receive and to enable...

ARCEP - Numbering / 24.09.2018

3.1 Measures : Conditions of Use of the CLI as of August 1, 2019 a) Conditions of Use of a Number as a Calling line Identifier (CLI): The telephone number used as CLI or Message Sender ID must: be in accordance with the structure of the National numbering...