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            <title>Carta de 12 primeiro ministros da UE sugerindo áreas prioritárias para o crescimento</title>
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            <description>Ver abaixo a carta dirigida por 12 primeiro ministros da UE aos Presidentes da Comissão e do Conselho Europeu &quot;sugerindo áreas de prioridade para o crescimento na Europa&quot;, tal como publicada no sítio oficial do primeiro ministro do Reino Unido (ver &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/joint-letter-to-president-van-rompuy-and-president-barroso/&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;). A bold, a referência ao Digital.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-tag-span yui-tag&quot; tag=&quot;span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(139, 139, 139); &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;This letter was sent on February 20, 2012 by Prime Minister David Cameron, Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Prime Minister Mario Monti, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Prime Minister Petr Nečas, Prime Minister Iveta Radičová, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“We meet in Brussels at a perilous moment for economies across Europe. Growth has stalled.  Unemployment is rising. Citizens and businesses are facing their toughest conditions for years. As many of our major competitor economies grow steadily out of the gloom of the recent global crisis, financial market turbulence and the burden of debt renders the path to recovery in Europe much harder to climb. 
 “Europe has many fundamental economic assets.  But the crisis we are facing is also a crisis of growth. The efforts that each of us are taking to put our national finances on a sustainable footing are essential.  Without them, we will not lay the foundations for strong and lasting economic recovery. But action is also needed to modernise our economies, build greater competitiveness and correct macroeconomic imbalances.  We need to restore confidence, among citizens, businesses and financial markets, in Europe’s ability to grow strongly and sustainably in the future and to maintain its share of global prosperity.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“We discussed these issues when we last met. It is right that we discuss them again. Building on the conclusions we have previously reached, it is now time to show leadership and take bold decisions which will deliver the results that our people are demanding. We welcome the steps being taken, nationally and at the European level, to address this challenge and look forward to agreeing further concrete steps at our next meeting, with action focused on eight clear priorities to strengthen growth.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“First, we must bring the single market to its next stage of development, by reinforcing governance and raising standards of implementation. The Commission’s report to the June European Council should set out clear and detailed actions needed to enhance implementation and strengthen enforcement. 
 
“Action should start in the services sector. Services now account for almost four fifths of our economy and yet there is much that needs to be done to open up services markets on the scale that is needed.  We must act with urgency, nationally and at the European level, to remove the restrictions that hinder access and competition and to raise standards of implementation and enforcement to achieve mutual recognition across the single market. We look forward to the Commission report on the outcome of sectoral performance checks and call on the Commission to fulfil its obligation under the services directive to report comprehensively on efforts to open up services markets and to make recommendations for additional measures, if necessary in legislation, to fulfil the internal market in services.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-tag-span yui-tag&quot; tag=&quot;span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(17, 17, 17); &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“Second, we must step up our efforts to create a truly digital single market by 2015. The digital economy is expanding rapidly but cross-border trade remains low and creativity is stifled by a complex web of differing national copyright regimes. Action is needed at the EU level to provide businesses and consumers with the means and the confidence to trade on-line, by simplifying licensing, building an efficient framework for copyright, providing a secure and affordable system for cross-border on-line payments, establishing on-line dispute resolution mechanisms for cross-border on-line transactions and amending the EU framework for digital signatures. We should build on the recent proposals of the Commission, without reopening the e-commerce directive, to create a system that balances the interests of consumers, businesses and rights holders, and spurs innovation, creative activity and growth. We must also continue our efforts to build modern infrastructure to provide better broadband coverage and take-up and extend and promote e-government services to simplify the start up and running of businesses and aid the mobility of workers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“Third, we must deliver on our commitment to establish a genuine, efficient and effective internal market in energy by 2014. All member States should implement fully the Third Energy Package, swiftly and in recognition of agreed deadlines. Energy interconnection should be enhanced to help underpin security of supply.  Urgent action is also needed, nationally and where appropriate collectively, to remove planning and regulatory barriers to investment in infrastructure to release the potential of the single market and support green growth and a low-emissions economy. We look forward to the Commission’s forthcoming communication on the functioning of the internal market, which should include an assessment of the degree of liberalisation and energy market opening in member States. We also commit to making concrete progress towards the development of a Single European Transport Area and establishing the Connecting Europe Facility.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“Fourth, we must redouble our commitment to innovation by establishing the European Research Area, creating the best possible environment for entrepreneurs and innovators to commercialise their ideas and create jobs, and putting demand-led innovation at the heart of Europe’s research and development strategy. We must also act decisively to improve investment opportunities for innovative start-ups, fast-growing companies and small businesses, by creating an effective EU-wide venture capital regime which allows venture capital funds to operate on a pan-European basis, assessing a proposal for an EU venture capital scheme building on the EIF and other financial institutions in cooperation with national operators, and agreeing a new EU-wide programme, modelled on the Small Business Innovation Research scheme, to promote more effective use of pre-commercial public procurement to support innovative and high tech businesses. Reforms to create an effective and business-friendly system of intellectual property protection remain a very high priority.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“Fifth, we need decisive action to deliver open global markets. This year we should conclude free trade agreements with India, Canada, countries of the Eastern neighbourhood and a number of ASEAN partners.  We should also reinforce trade relations with countries in the southern neighbourhood. Fresh impetus should be given to trade negotiations with strategic partners such as Mercosur and Japan, with negotiations with Japan launched before the summer, provided there is progress on the scope and ambition of a free trade agreement. The deals that are currently on the table could add €90 billion to EU GDP.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“But we must go further too. We need to inject political momentum into deepening economic integration with the US, examining all options including that of a free trade agreement; seek to deepen trade and investment relations with Russia, following its accession to the WTO; and launch a strategic consideration of our trade and investment relationship with China, with a view to strengthening our economic ties and reinforcing commitment to rules-based trade. Recognising the benefits that open markets bring, we should continue our efforts to strengthen the multilateral system, including through the Doha Development Agenda, strive for multilateral and plurilateral agreements in priority areas and sectors, and resist protectionism and seek greater market access for our businesses in third countries.  Above all, we must reject the temptation to seek self-defeating protectionism in our trade relations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“Sixth, we need to sustain and make more ambitious our programme to reduce the burden of EU regulation.  We welcome the commitments made by the institutions to reduce burdens on small businesses but urge further and faster progress across the EU institutions while maintaining the integrity of the single market and the Union’s wider objectives. We should assess the scope for ambitious new EU sectoral targets and agree new steps to bring tangible benefits to industry. We should also make a very clear and visible statement of our intention to support micro-enterprises and ask the Commission to present detailed proposals to achieve this, including possible amendments to existing legislation. We also ask the Commission to publish an annual statement identifying and explaining the total net cost to business of regulatory proposals issued in the preceding year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“Seventh, we must act nationally and, respecting national competences, collectively to promote well functioning labour markets which deliver employment opportunities and, crucially, promote higher levels of labour market participation among young people, women and older workers. Special attention should also be given to vulnerable groups that have been absent from the labour market for long periods.  We should foster labour mobility to create a more integrated and open European labour market, for example by advancing the acquisition and preservation of supplementary pension rights for migrating workers, while respecting the role of the social partners. We should also take further action to reduce the number of regulated professions in Europe, through the introduction of a tough new proportionality test set out in legislation. In this context, we ask the Commission to convene without delay a new forum for the mutual evaluation of national practices to help identify and bring down unjustified regulatory barriers, examine alternatives to regulation which ensure high professional standards and assess the scope for further alignment of standards to facilitate mutual recognition of professional qualifications.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“Finally, we must take steps to build a robust, dynamic and competitive financial services sector that creates jobs and provides vital support to citizens and businesses. Implicit guarantees to always rescue banks, which distort the single market, should be reduced.  Banks, not taxpayers, should be responsible for bearing the costs of the risks they take. While pursuing a level playing field globally, we should commit irrevocably to international binding standards for capital, liquidity and leverage with no dilution, ensuring that EU legislation adheres to Basel 3 standards to ensure financial stability and meet the financing needs of our economies.   Banks should be required to hold appropriate levels and forms of capital in line with international criteria, without discrimination between private and public equities. We also call for rigorous implementation of the G20 principles on banking sector remuneration in line with existing EU legislation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;“Each of us recognises that the plan we propose requires leadership and tough political decisions.  But the stakes are high and action in many of these areas is long overdue. With bold and effective action and strong political will we can recover Europe’s dynamism and put our economies back on the path to economic recovery. We urge you and the European Council to answer our peoples’ call for reform and to help restore their confidence in Europe’s ability to deliver strong and sustainable growth.
 
“We are copying this letter to colleagues on the European Council.”
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:25:04 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>AdC decide sobre a originação de chamadas nas redes móveis</title>
            <link>http://www.ferraricareto.com/ferraricareto-blog/adc-decide-sobre-a-originação-de-chamadas-nas-redes-móveis</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; &quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Apesar da experiência
recolhida e das várias revisões do quadro regulatório europeu (sectorial e de
concorrência) fica a ideia de que ainda há muitas barreiras a uma regulação
efetiva e ágil, que permita dar rapidamente resposta a problemas que são de
fácil identificação.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; &quot;&gt;A situação dos preços das
originações de chamadas nas redes móveis é um ótimo exemplo disso. Trata-se de um
mercado que não está identificado na Recomendação da Comissão Europeia sobre
análises de mercados (ver aqui) como mercado passível de regulação ex-ante (logo
setorial), apesar de se explicar a qualquer pessoa em 5 minutos que os
operadores móveis têm monopólio absoluto na originação de chamadas nas suas
redes…&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; &quot;&gt;Nessa situação, as
Autoridades reguladoras têm três opções: a) fazer uma análise de mercado,
demonstrando que o direito da concorrência não é suficiente para lidar com o
problema (e arriscar a reprovação – vinculativa – de Bruxelas); b) tentam
sensibilizar os operadores para a questão, acenando com a possibilidade de
envio do assunto para a Autoridade da Concorrência; &amp;nbsp;e c) remeter o assunto à Autoridade da
Concorrência (AdC).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; &quot;&gt;No nosso caso, face às
evidências de outros países e a alguns contatos informais com Bruxelas,
entendemos que a) não era opção. Esgotámos b) em variadíssimos contatos formais
e informais (reproduzo abaixo o slide da minha intervenção no Congresso da APDC
em 2009) e finalmente em fevereiro de 2010 remetemos o assunto à AdC. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; &quot;&gt;Havendo agora uma primeira
decisão da AdC sobre o assunto (ver &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.concorrencia.pt/vPT/Estudos_e_Publicacoes/Recomendacoes_e_Pareceres/Documents/Recomendacao2012_01.pdf&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;),
importa perceber qual o problema deste caminho.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; &quot;&gt;Primeiro o tempo: trata-se
sempre de investigações complexas que competem com outro tipo de dossiês
porventura mais importantes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; &quot;&gt;Segundo, o modo: ainda
assim, apesar da evidência e da constatação de que em 2009 “os preços
representavam mais do dobro dos custos totais unitários” ainda passamos por
(mais) uma fase de recomendação.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; &quot;&gt;Terceiro, o efeito: os danos
causados aos operadores que foram prejudicados pela manutenção destas margens
exageradas (nomeadamente a sua incapacidade em concorrerem com os operadores
que as praticam) nunca serão reparados, dado que a eventual aplicação dos “poderes
sancionatórios” da AdC (que o documento não afasta) resultará na aplicação de
coimas que reverterão para o Estado (ou que se perderão nos labirintos das impugnações
judiciais).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; &quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Haverá lições a retirar?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.ferraricareto.com/resources/originação.jpg&quot; style=&quot;width: 525px; border-top-width: 0px;&quot; class=&quot;yui-img&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:57:45 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Goodbye wallets! How mobile phones are becoming the new credit card</title>
            <link>http://www.ferraricareto.com/ferraricareto-blog/goodbye-wallets</link>
            <description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gplus.com/Infographic/INFOGRAPHIC-Goodbye-Wallets-How-Mobile-Payments&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.gplus.com/_Media/GLG_Goodbye_Wallets2-L_1841.png&quot; alt=&quot;INFOGRAPHIC: Goodbye Wallets! How Mobile Payments Are Becoming the New Credit Card&quot; class=&quot;selected yui-img&quot; style=&quot;width: 630px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:42:22 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Balanço do leilão Multifaixas</title>
            <link>http://www.ferraricareto.com/ferraricareto-blog/balanço-do-leilão-multifaixas</link>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Com a recente
aprovação, para consulta pública, dos direitos de utilização de frequências
decorrentes do leilão multifaixas, este processo fica praticamente concluído, fazendo
por isso agora sentido fazer um balanço ainda que muito sumário:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Aspetos positivos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraph&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;1)&lt;span style=&quot;font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Regulamento
do leilão (ver &lt;a class=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://dre.pt/pdf2s/2011/10/201000001/0000200012.pdf&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;)
minimizou barreiras à entrada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;, nomeadamente através de: a) inclusão de restrições a açambarcamento (&lt;i&gt;caps&lt;/i&gt;); b) exigências de cobertura baixas
e focadas nos 800 MHz; c) colocação da totalidade do espetro no leilão; d) adoção
de um modelo simultâneo (evitando riscos de agregação) e e) diminuição das
taxas a pagar pela utilização de espetro radioelétrico (ver &lt;a class=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://dre.pt/pdf1s/2011/11/21201/0000200021.pdf&quot;&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt; n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;ova Portaria);&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraph&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;2)&lt;span style=&quot;font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Mais
espectro radioelétrico para os operadores desenvolverem as suas ofertas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;, aspeto importante dada a relação que
existe entre a necessidade de aumentar o nível de investimento em infraestruturas
de rede, em situações de escassez de espetro. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraph&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;3)&lt;span style=&quot;font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Atribuição
atempada das frequências na faixa dos 800 MHz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;, aspeto tanto mais importante quanto: a) havia
obrigações para cumprir ao nível da União Europeia; b) foi preciso manter o
calendário do &lt;i&gt;switch-off&lt;/i&gt; da televisão
analógica (quando sabemos que o país é avesso a cumprir calendários) e c) trata-se
da faixa de frequências mais apropriada para o desenvolvimento de operações de
ú&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;ltima geração no domínio da banda larga móvel;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;4)&lt;span style=&quot;font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Aumento
significativo da flexibilidade na utilização de frequências&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;, uma vez que não foram impostas
restrições quanto às tecnologias a utilizar e aos serviços a prestar, tendo
ainda sido permitido maior flexibilidade quanto às frequências a utilizar para
cumprimentos das coberturas a verificar (inclusivamente no que respeita às
obrigações incluídas em licenças anteriores);&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraph&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;5)&lt;span style=&quot;font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Aumento
das obrigações de cobertura em banda larga&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;, permitindo que 480 freguesias que atualmente não
tenham banda larga móvel, possam passar a disfrutar deste serviço, sem encargos
adicionais para o Estado;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraph&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;6)&lt;span style=&quot;font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Aceitação,
por parte dos operadores atuais, de obrigações de abertura de rede&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt; sendo assim alcançado um objetivo
importante da Anacom neste domínio que de outra forma (no âmbito do quadro
regulamentar) muito dificilmente seria imposto. Importa dizer que num cenário
de escassez de financiamento e de recessão económica, estas obrigações adquirem
uma importância fundamental dado que permitem uma concorrência baseada em serviços,
eventualmente a única possível no atual contexto; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraph&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;7)&lt;span style=&quot;font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Manutenção
de uma reserva de espetro radioelétrico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt; (dos 396.5 MHz m leilão ficaram por atribuir 97.5
MHz, ou seja 25% do total), o que permite no futuro voltar a colocar estas
frequências no mercado, em função da evolução da concorrência no mercado e da
conjuntura económica; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;8)&lt;span style=&quot;font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Eliminação
de preconceitos contra os leilões, que persistiram durante muitos anos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt; (esta ferramenta está prevista explicitamente
na Lei desde 2004 e foi discutida, ainda que de form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;a tímida, em 1992, aquando
do primeiro concurso para comunicações móveis em Portugal);&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Encaixe
financeiro significativo por parte do Estado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;, no valor de 372 Milhões de euros, equivalentes a
uma redução de cerca de 0,2% do défice em percentagem do PIB (ainda que destes, 100 Milhões de euros venham a ser pagos em 5 anos);&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Montagem
do leilão com recurso total a know-how nacional&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;, circunscrito aos técnicos da Anacom e à
utilização de uma plataforma de leilões também nacional e já utilizada para&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;
fins idênticos na área da energia (OMIP).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Aspetos negativos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraph&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1&quot;&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;1)&lt;span style=&quot;font:7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Contributo
negativo para a economia, via importações&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;, dado que parte significativa dos investimentos
que irão ser realizados serão adquiridos a empresas estrangeiras (havendo ainda
assim alguma incorporação nacional, em termos de montagem de equipamentos);&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Falta
de disputa no leilão&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;, com
atribuição de todas as frequências ao preço base e tendo como licitantes
ganhadores apenas os três operadores móveis já existentes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;Processo
de definição das condições do leilão exageradamente longo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;, em resultado da alteração de Governo e
da necessidade de acomodar alguns contributos da Comissão Europeia, no âmbito
do MoU entre o Governo português e a &lt;i&gt;Troika&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoListParagraph&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;yui-img selected&quot; src=&quot;http://www.ferraricareto.com/resources/leilao2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;width: 540px; height: 260px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
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            <description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Só agora tive oportunidade de ver os cinco documentos relativos à “2ª Avaliação Regular do Programa de Assistência Económica e Financeira” (disponíveis &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.min-financas.pt/informacao-economica/2a-avaliacao-regular-do-programa-de-assistencia-economica-e-financeira&quot; title=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;): duas cartas, uma dirigida à Diretora do FMI e outra aos responsáveis pelas instituições europeias envolvidas no programa, e três anexos dois remetidos com a primeira e outro com a segunda. (Ver &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ferraricareto.com/ferraricareto-blog/primeira-actualiza%C3%A7%C3%A3o-do-mou-entre-portugal-e-a-troika&quot; title=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;aqui &lt;/a&gt;referencia à primeira revisão do MoU)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Comentários:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;1. Mantém-se o cumprimento de descer os preços de terminações móveis, incluído no compromisso de reduzir “&lt;i&gt;the scope for rent-seeking behavior and removing clearly identified competitive distortion&lt;/i&gt;s”.&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Verificou-se um bom cumprimento das medidas incluídas no MoU (deixaram de constar as medidas 5.16 (implementação do quadro regulatório comunitário), 5.17 (preços de terminação e leilão), 5.18 (&lt;i&gt;enforcement &lt;/i&gt;dos MVNO), 5.19 (taxas do espetro radioelétrico)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. No domínio regulatório, remanesce apenas a medida 5.21 (Adopt measures to increase competition in the fixed communications market by reviewing barriers on entry and adopting measures to reduce them), que tem vindo a ser implementada através de decisões do ICP-ANACOM, na maior parte dos casos em processo de consulta pública ou já em fase de decisão (com exceção da análise dos Mercados 4 e 5).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Tenho curiosidade e expetativa de que o “&lt;i&gt;study of nomination practices, responsibilities, independence, and resources of the National Regulatory Authorities&lt;/i&gt; […] &lt;i&gt;to be completed by April 2012 and&lt;/i&gt; […] &lt;i&gt;used to address any deficiencies in the regulatory framework&lt;/i&gt;” venha a efetivamente a contribuir para “&lt;i&gt;strengthen sectoral regulators, ensuring they enjoy the independence they require to carry out their tasks&lt;/i&gt;”.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;As referências relevantes para a área das comunicações eletrónicas nos referidos documentos são as seguintes:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;No segundo anexo à carta dirigida ao FMI, que apresenta o resumo dos progressos efetuados no cumprimento do Programa: &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Competition Framework&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;35. We are reducing the scope for rent-seeking behavior and removing clearly identified competitive distortions.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Telecommunications&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;We are committed to further lowering mobile termination rates, thus encouraging market entry by smaller operators and correcting the competitive disadvantage of smaller mobile operators. Two reductions have already taken place in 2011, and a decision to further lower mobile termination rates by over 60 percent by end-2012, as compared with 2010 termination rates, has been submitted to public consultation.&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Recommendations made by the Competition Authority in the fixed communications market have been adopted, including dissemination of tools to compare pricing and other characteristics for the majority of services, standardization of contracts, and publication of a consumer guide. We will examine the need for further action (MoU paragraph 5.17).&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;We have published the spectrum auction rules in line with our commitments in the MoU. A number of important features of the auction rules should encourage new entry and ensure a level playing field. We will conduct an assessment of the state of play in the market and address any resulting anti-competitive practices or distortion (within two years of the auction). We are committed to use the enforcement mechanisms inscribed in the auction rules to ensure fair and reasonable access to national roaming agreements, which is critical for potential new entrants.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;We will renegotiate by end-2011 the concession contract with PT Telecom as it pertains to providing universal service, in order to award the contract through a tender procedure.&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Competition Authority and Regulators&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;The draft new Competition Law will be submitted to Parliament by end-January 2012 (structural benchmark). We will invite three qualified entities to submit proposals for the study of nomination practices, responsibilities, independence, and resources of the National Regulatory Authorities. The study, to be completed by April 2012, will be used to address any deficiencies in the regulatory framework. In the meantime, we will continue to strengthen sectoral regulators, ensuring they enjoy the independence they require to carry out their tasks (in line with our commitments under MoU paragraph 5.18 and 5.21).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;No anexo à carta dirigida às instituições europeias são atualizadas as medidas a desenvolver, sendo referidas as seguintes no domínio das comunicações eletrónicas:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Telecommunications and postal services&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Objectives&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Increase competition in the market by lowering entry barriers; guarantee access to&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;network/infrastructure; strengthen power of the National Regulator Authority.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Telecommunications&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;5.16. Ensure an efficient, objective, transparent and non-discriminatory mechanism for the designation of the universal service provider(s), in compliance with the Court of Justice ruling of 7 October 2010. Re-negotiate the concession contract with the undertaking currently providing the universal service, by reducing the scope of the services covered, so as to exclude the universal service and launch a new tender process for designation of universal service provider(s). [Q4-2011]&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;5.17. Adopt measures to increase competition in the fixed communications market by reviewing barriers on entry and adopting measures to reduce them. [Q1-2012]&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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            <title>Um zettabyte de informação</title>
            <link>http://www.ferraricareto.com/ferraricareto-blog/um-zettabyte-de-informação</link>
            <description>Em post anterior partilhei que a IDC calcula que em 2011 serão produzidos 1.8 zettabytes de informação, a nível mundial. Já sabíamos que o volume de informação produzida era enorme, mas quando nos falam em 1.8 zettabytes... continuamos a achar que o volume de informação é enorme.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;Por isso, parece-me interessante a infografia abaixo da Cisco, publicada no site &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.makeuseof.com/&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;makeuseof&lt;/a&gt;, que procura dar ideia de quão gigantesco um settabyte é. Enjoy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.ferraricareto.com/resources/zettabyte.png&quot; class=&quot;yui-img selected&quot; style=&quot;width: 525px; &quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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            <title>The world’s information is doubling every two years</title>
            <link>http://www.ferraricareto.com/ferraricareto-blog/the-world’s-information-is-doubling-every-two-years</link>
            <description>Todos sabemos que o volume de informação produzida anualmente no mundo é gigantesco. Mas quão gigantesco? A IDC tem vindo a quantificar esse volume de informação através de estudos anuais designados Digital Universe. A última edição, relativa a 2011 (ver &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.emc.com/collateral/analyst-reports/idc-extracting-value-from-chaos-ar.pdf&quot; title=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt; sumário executivo), dá-nos a resposta: 1.8 zettabytes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;Para além disso, diz-nos que a informação produzida tem vindo a duplicar cada dois anos e que o volume de informação que será produzida em 2020 corresponderá a um múltiplo de 50 quando comparada com o volume actual.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;O sítio da EMC - empresa especializada em soluções de armazenamento de dados, para quem este tipo de conclusões deverá soar como musica celestial -&amp;nbsp;disponibiliza&amp;nbsp;a infografia abaixo, com uma síntese muito interessante e de fácil leitura dos resultados do estudo. Impressionante.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;P.S. Deixo para próximo post o que é que é um zettabyte de informação...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yui-non&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.ferraricareto.com/resources/idc-emc-digital-universe-2011-infographic.jpg&quot; class=&quot;yui-img&quot; style=&quot;width: 525px; &quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:25:17 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Timeline das comunicações electrónicas</title>
            <link>http://www.ferraricareto.com/ferraricareto-blog/timeline-das-comunicações-electrónicas</link>
            <description>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; &quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; &quot;&gt;Muito tem acontecido no mercado das comunicações electrónicas, desde o início dos anos 90. As modificações têm-se sucedido a um ritmo alucinante, do ponto de vista tecnológico, institucional e de mercado, fazendo com que o que hoje é dado por adquirido, fosse completamente inimaginável há 20 anos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; &quot;&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; face=&quot;Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot;&gt;Adicionei uma &lt;/font&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; &quot;&gt;timeline&lt;/i&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; face=&quot;Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot;&gt; a este sítio (ver &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ferraricareto.com/timeline.php&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; face=&quot;Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot;&gt;), em que vou listando alguns dos principais acontecimentos que contribuíram para que as comunicações electrónicas tivessem a configuração actual. Caso tenha sugestões para adicionar acontecimentos à timeline, agradeço o envio para ferrari.careto@gmail.com.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:53:53 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>O novo quadro comunitário e a defesa dos consumidores</title>
            <link>http://www.ferraricareto.com/ferraricareto-blog/o-novo-quadro-comunitário-e-a-defesa-dos-consumidores</link>
            <description>&lt;div&gt;Um dos pontos levantados no Seminário da APDC sobre o novo quadro regulatório na área das comunicações foi o que leva as instituições comunitárias a considerarem o mercado das comunicações electrónicas de forma diferente – mais exigente – no que respeita à protecção dos consumidores. Estavam em causa medidas previstas no quadro (e agora transpostas na nova LCE) neste domínio, como em matérias relativas a reclamações, informação e portabilidade.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;Na altura argumentei com o facto de os serviços de comunicações poderem ser vítimas do seu próprio sucesso e da importância que actualmente assumem para o bem-estar, segurança e produtividade dos cidadãos, a que acresce a complexidade associada às ofertas existentes (grande variedade de tarifários, ofertas em pacote, facturas complexas…). Estes dois aspectos em conjunto levam a que os serviços de comunicações electrónicas sejam percebidos como apresentando baixa performance na perspectiva dos consumidores.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;Esta questão é claramente identificado no &lt;i&gt;Consumer Markets Scoreboard&lt;/i&gt; (ver &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/consumer_research/editions/docs/6th_edition_scoreboard_en.pdf&quot; title=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;) recentemente publicado pela Comissão Europeia, e a que hoje tive acesso. Nesse relatório é apresentado um índice de desempenho (&lt;i&gt;Market Performance Indicator&lt;/i&gt;) para diversos produtos e serviços, composto a partir da percepção dos consumidores em quatro perspectivas: a) facilidade de comparação de produtos e serviços; b) confiança relativa ao cumprimento de regras de protecção de consumidores; c) experiência de problemas e em que grau levaram à apresentação de reclamações; d) satisfação do cliente.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;A análise do índice revela que os consumidores percepcionam os serviços de comunicações electrónicas como tendo um nível de desempenho baixo, com destaque para o serviço de televisão paga (ver tabela).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;O índice não mede o desempenho em si, mas antes a percepção que os consumidores têm desse desempenho. No entanto permite legitimar – a acreditar na metodologia seguida – que seja dada uma atenção especial aos direitos dos consumidores, quando se abordam os serviços de comunicações electrónicas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Última nota para dizer que o índice é também apresentado para cada um dos países da UE, sendo que a principal diferença face aos resultados globais é que os serviços móveis apresentam uma melhor performance ao nível da percepção dos consumidores (ver segunda tabela).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.ferraricareto.com/resources/market performance indicator.jpg&quot; style=&quot;width: 525px;&quot; class=&quot;yui-img&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.ferraricareto.com/resources/market performance indicator Portugal.jpg&quot; style=&quot;width: 525px;&quot; class=&quot;yui-img&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:32:51 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Nova Lei das Comunicações Eletrónica</title>
            <link>http://www.ferraricareto.com/ferraricareto-blog/nova-lei-das-comunicações-eletrónicas</link>
            <description>A APDC organizou na semana passada um debate sobre o novo pacote regulatório e sobre a nova Lei das Comunicações Eletrónicas (ver &lt;a href=&quot;http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2011/09/17600/0438304461.pdf&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;) que o transpõe.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;Procurei sistematizar as principais alterações em três eixos (ver &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ferraricareto.com/resources/APDC%20Conferencia%20de%20Regula%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20Out%202011.pdf&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;): institucional, consumidores e concorrência.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span&gt;No primeiro, o foco incide essencialmente na construção do mercado interno da União Europeia, com acrescida participação da Comissão no processo regulatório.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;No segundo, são claramente reforçados os direitos dos consumidores, nomeadamente no que respeita ao direito a reclamarem e ao acesso à informação.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;No terceiro, sobressai a maior flexibilidade que é dada aos operadores para exercerem as suas atividades, num ambiente de explicita neutralidade tecnológica e de serviços, bem como o reconhecimento da importância da gestão do espetro radioeletrico na perspetiva do reforço dos mecanismos de concorrência. Ainda neste domínio, é consagrada a opção de separação funcional de operadores verticalmente integrados, para resolver problemas de concorrência inultrapassáveis, com intervenção da Comissão Europeia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;A síntese é a do quadro abaixo.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.ferraricareto.com/resources/Page from APDC Out 2011 JFC.jpg&quot; style=&quot;width: 555px;&quot; class=&quot;yui-img selected&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot; class=&quot;yui-wk-div&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:07:00 +0100</pubDate>
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