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The European Commission ran a consultation on the cost of capital for EU electronic communications regulators from 11 July to 3 October 2018. The objective of the consultation was to collect additional evidence and views from interested parties to inform the Commission's future guidance on the calculation of the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) for EU electronic communications regulators, expected in early 2019. This report provides an overview of the replies to the consultation.

The European Commission’s Recommendation on fixed and mobile termination rates (TRR) has been broadly successful in achieving its goal of lower and more consistent termination rates across the EU, promoting competition and enhancing consumer benefits, according to an evaluation report.

Today the European Commission closed an in-depth investigation and lifted its initial reservations concerning the Hungarian telecoms regulator’s proposal to regulate the wholesale high quality access market in Hungary.

Today the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into the proposal of the Hungarian telecoms regulator to regulate the wholesale leased lines market in Hungary.

The European Commission has issued comments on the Dutch regulator’s (ACM) proposed regulation of KPN and VodafoneZiggo which are both active on the broadband internet markets in the Netherlands.

This consultation is part of a Commission initiative aiming to provide guidance to European National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) on the methodology for calculating the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) in the context of national regulatory measures notified to the Commission under Article 7 of the Framework Directive for Electronic Communications.

The European Commission has issued a recommendation asking the Slovak telecoms regulator RÚ to amend or withdraw its proposal to set the maximum price for wholesale voice call termination services offered by fixed line operators in the Slovak Republic. The Commission considers that RÚ did not correctly determine the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). The WACC is a parameter used for setting the cost-oriented access prices and its miscalculation may lead to higher prices for end users.

The European Commission has issued a recommendation asking the Slovenian regulator AKOS to amend or withdraw its proposal on the wholesale high-quality broadband access market. The Commission considers that AKOS did not correctly determine the weighted average cost of capital. This is a parameter used for setting the cost-oriented access prices and its miscalculation may lead to higher prices for accessing Telekom Slovenije's wholesale high-quality broadband network.

The European Commission has launched an open tender for a framework service contract for the provision of translation services of notifications and other texts under Framework Directive 2002/21/EC (as amended by Directive 2009/140/EC) and under relevant articles of the forthcoming European Electronic Communications Code (reference: SMART 2018/1014).

The European Commission has issued comments on the Belgian regulator's (CRC's) proposed regulation of for the telecom company Proximus and regional cable operators active in the broadband and broadcasting markets in Belgium.