Viviane Reding no longer EU telecoms commissioner
I’m afraid the news is good and bad. Viviane Reding, proponent of structural separation, enemy of the incumbent telco and EU telecoms commissioner for many years, has been promoted to vice-president of the European Commission and the head of justice and internal security.
Neelie Kroes, who has been the EU’s feared competition czar, will take over Reding’s former job. Judging from what I’ve seen in the past few years, Kroes is not as anti-incumbent as Reding, but we shall see. Reding has done such a great job pushing through reforms such as the lowering of SMS and data roaming rates in Europe.
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I have seen Nellie in action both speaking and on a panel at the Business Week European Leadership Forum 2008 – very impressive.
Yes she may have changed views with regard to telecoms, though I am sure she will not be warm to an incumbent asking for a tax break for fibre rollout!
Peter