The proposed Digital Networks Act (DNA) will preserve the existing universal service objectives of availability, affordability, and social inclusion. It foresees the possibility of binding implementing acts by the European Commission on defining adequate internet access.
Key elements of the proposal include:
- scope reduced to adequate internet access and voice communications services at a fixed location;
- BEREC guidance on defining adequate broadband;
- adoption of implementing acts by the Commission on adequate broadband and affordability;
- limited use of sector-specific provider designations and financing mechanisms.
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