European Competitive Telecommunications Association

In 1987, the European Union adopted the 1987 Green Paper that essentially stated it was in Europe's best interests to overhaul the current system and liberalize telecommunications services.

Member States set up national regulatory agencies (NRA's) that oversaw these directives and developed policies and procedures for telecommunications organizations to follow.

ECTA responded to numerous proposed directives and called for regulations to be developed to better protect reseller interests and encourage enforcement in the spirit of the original 1987 Green Paper.

The statements of the speakers as well as their video interviews including the speech from Marvin Ammori[3] from the Centre for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School can be found on website.

Vice-President Andrus Ansip, released on 6 May with Commissioner Günther Oettinger a Digital Single Market Strategy[5] which ECTA CEOs welcomed in an open letter.