CANCER: GOOD NEWS FOR USERS Viber IN BIH

The European Commission is preparing new rules that would put the Internet service in the same regulatory framework that applies to telecom operators, to reduce the impact on traditional calls and text messages, which directly affects the revenue of telecom operators.

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This information was published by the "Financial Times", which below clarifies that telecommunications companies have lobbied for years against competitors who provide services via the Internet, but at the same time do not invest in the development of the network and do not pay taxes in the European Union, because they are owned by US technology companies.

Skype, WhatsApp, Viber, which are used to make free calls and messages, and replacing the traditional calls or SMS messages, direct competition from traditional telecom services, but not as regulated so that European legislators decided to change.

WhatsApp is owned by Facebook, and Skype is owned by Microsoft, but the big telecom companies such as Spanish "Telefonica" and the French "orange" years complain that Google, Microsoft and Facebook now benefit from the weak regulacije.Francuski regulator telecom market has already announced that in September to force Google, viber and Skype to register for telecom services. New EU rules will give greater powers to the states to self-regulate certain relations.

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But none of this will be reflected in BiH, because our country is not a member of the European Union, according to the Communications Regulatory Agency (CRA).

- Communications Regulatory Agency has information about this initiative, but since Bosnia and Herzegovina is not a member of the European Union, the decision would not be binding for our country. But the agency, as a regulator of the country that is making efforts to become an EU member, monitors regulatory trends in areas within its jurisdiction, and so will this - said Amela Odobašić Agency spokeswoman.

• 21 Aug, 2016
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