Title page
Contents
Foreword from Minister for Digital & Creative Industries 5
Note on EU Exit 6
Introduction 7
Consultation objective 7
Overview of the EECC 7
General approach to implementing the EECC 9
Government's ambitions for digital connectivity 12
Implementing the EECC 15
Access and investment incentives 15
General objective to promote deployment of VHCNs (Article 3) 16
Geographical surveys of network deployments (Article 22) 18
Voluntary access and co-investment commitments (Articles 79 and 76) 23
Impact Assessment on Access provisions 24
Radio spectrum 25
The role of the Competent Authority 26
'Use it or lose it' conditions (Article 47) 27
Assignments for specific 5G bands (Article 54) 28
Roaming (Articles 47(2), 52(2) and 61(4)) 29
Duration of rights (Article 49) 31
Impact Assessment on Spectrum provisions 32
End-User Rights 33
Non-discrimination (Article 99) 34
Proposed Implementation approach 34
Certification of Independent Comparison Tools (Article 103) 35
Bundled offers (Article 107) 36
Proposed implementation approach 37
Universal Service Obligations 39
Mobile and fixed termination rates 42
Network security and resilience 43
General 44
General Information 45
What Happens Next 47
Annex A: Questions Summary 48
Annex B: Glossary 52
Annex C: Privacy Notice 57