In the light of case studies, the following guidelines may be proposed:
It is important and necessary to adapt the existing legal and institutional framework and ensure that it is fully implemented in order to promote a genuine NGN investment promotion policy and avoid the disparities seen all too often between official regulations and actual conditions, which often act as a deterrent.
In view of the importance of the investment needed for migration to NGNs, it is important that the national regulatory authorities take into account the risk profile of these investments when establishing tariffs in cases of mandatory access intended to promote competition.
Structural measures should be introduced with the aim of encouraging competition and ensuring choice for consumers. These measures should also aim to improve price transparency and improve provision of information for users of new NGN services, in particular:
to improve users’ capacity to obtain and disseminate information;
to enable customers to move as easily and as quickly as the chosen technology will allow, without penalty and free of charge, to an alternative service provider and to be informed of this possibility in a way that is clear and easily accessible.
to promote telecommunication infrastructure sharing