Universal Telecomms Services (Directive)

Internet access for those with social needs can, in cep’s view, be ensured without a universal service, e.g. by way of vouchers or social benefits. Only allowing the universal service to be financed, in the future, by way of public funds - and no longer by way of apportionment - is appropriate and correct because a reliable determination of the companies who should be subject to apportionment is impossible.