Thanks Gordon, "Whether the European Institutions would want to engage with us ? "
Guess it depends on what we have to offer - I happen to think we could offer some valuable technical expertise :-) But before we start inviting them over, I think it is up to us to pay them a visit "hat in hand" so to say. Therefore it would be useful to know who can paint a good picture on IP interconnection. And who knows ... they might actually find it very helpful :-) Alain On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Gordon Lennox <[email protected]>wrote: > Euro-IX is one obvious place to ask your main question. > > Anyway while I too believe that it would be worthwhile to engage with > European institutions I much less clear on whether they want to engage with > the WG. > > Who do you and the other co-chairs plan to invite to Warsaw? > > Your point about "assured service quality"? Oh dear... Some folk are > indeed getting desperate. > > Gordon > > > > On 9 Dec, 2013, at 13:21, Alain Van Gaever <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I believe it is worthwhile to engage with the European Institutions to > provide expertise on IP Interconnection. (see also background below). Who > would be the technical experts available to explain to a non-tech audience > the technical & business model of Internet Exchange Points, including on > how the European model differs from the US one? > > > Also there seems to be a concern that the lack of “assured service > quality” on IP interconnections might actually prevent the introduction of > pan-European health services and video-conferencing. > > > > *Background:* > > The European Commission has proposed a new regulation for the European > Telecoms market. This proposal is of interest to those dealing with IP > Interconnection, as an article is proposed regarding IP Interconnection > with Assured Service Quality (ASQ)). > > > Following this proposal the ITRE committee in the European Parliament > dealing with this proposed new regulation has issued a draft report in > which it proposes to delete this article regarding IP interconnection AND > mentions *“Regarding the proposals on wholesale access products and > ASQs, after carefully considering stakeholder views, the Rapporteur > addresses these issues by requiring the Commission to conduct a > comprehensive consultation and present proposals in the review of the > entire framework. “ * > > > Draft report (MEP Del Castillo) on the Single Market Regulation can be > found on: > http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/itre/draft-reports.html#menuzone > > Note also tthat today (9 Dec) in Strassbourg the ITRE Committee in the > European Parliament is discussing the Single Market / Connected Continent > regulation. > > > Alain > > >
