Thursday, March 16, 2017

NPlay 2017

MinCom agrees with big operators' proposals to lower regulatory barriers

During the beginning of Nplay 2017, the Undersecretary of Regulation, Oscar González, assured that "we want to relieve pressures and lower access barriers". Telefónica and Cabase agreed to promote a ”level playing field” policy.

Nplay Southern Cone 2017 edition, organized by Grupo Convergencia, began this morning in the city of Córdoba with a debate on regulation in the OTT and convergence era. In the panel moderated by Mariana Rodríguez Zani, Director of Convergencia Research; Ariel Graizer, President of the Cámara Argentina de Internet (Cabase) (Argentine Chamber of Internet) and Alejandro Adamowicz, Director of Wholesale Business, Regulatory Affairs and Strategic Planning at Telefónica, coincided with Oscar González, Undersecretary of Regulation of the Ministry of Communications (MinCom) in that State intervention is 'adequate and necessary' when there are asymmetries, but that it should be limited to defining rules so that everyone can do business under balanced conditions. "I think we have to lower regulatory burdens and barriers; the world is open barriers and innovation. Pressure on players should be removed. We can not force them to comply with an old law, but we want to relieve pressures and lower access barriers. The State has to have a promotional role and not to establish obligations", said González. Adamowics completed the concept and considered that the world of regulation should ensure clear rules and a level playing field. "There should be sustainability but not distorted incentives", he said.

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