Information Society Services services consisting of the transmission of information via a communication network or in hosting information provided by a recipient of the service." 51 Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament.Principles and Guidelines for the Community; Audiovisual Policy in the Digital Age. (Com (1999) 657). 52 This is largely due to the Commission's concern that EPGs and APIs could constitute a barrier to market entry and should therefore be subject to competition law, which will form the basis for the new framework governing infrastructure.
53 Article 1. 54 Directive 97/51 EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 1997 amending Council Directive 1990/387 and 1992/44 for the purposes of adaption to a competitive environment in telecommunications. 55 Recital 11 of the Transparency Directive. 56 Many commercial agreements for example simply refer to 'content' without further explanation. 57 Recital 18 of the Electronic Commerce Directive, it is stated,"โฆ the provision of services offline is not covered".
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This work is intended as guidance and a source of reference on the law and regulation of telecommunications throughout the world. The preface indicates that: "It is not its purpose nor is it realistic to expect that it should cover every conceivable rule or decision which may have arisen in the different areas. The objective has been to try to deal with the key concepts, principles and rules of concern for operators, service providers, regulators and their advisors." The authors note that telecommunication law has become established over the past 15 years, which has experienced an absolute revolution in telecoms developments and regulation. The widespread growth in the provision of telecoms services and of competition in the area, combined with privatization and globalization, has now established the field as worthy of detailed study in its own right. The editor notes that over the next few years the focus will be on achieving an optimum set of rules to cater for telecoms in a new converged environment "where the traditional boundaries between audiovisual transmissions and telecommunications are no longer relevant, where there is a multiplicity of different delivery technologies competing for the same customers and where the economic value of the industry is liable to shift away from basic transport towards more sophisticated ways of providing communication facilities and information to consumers".
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