The Ministry of Telecom and IT of Palestine, as EMERG Chair 2020, in agreement with the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Jordan and EMERG Members, informs that the Plenary assembly, planned in Amman (Jordan) on 3 March 2020, has been postponed to a later date for safety reasons, due to the health emergency caused by COVID-19 (Coronavirus) […]
In 2019, EMERG members decided to explore the possibility to start a project for the development of a regional approach toward international roaming regulation, giving the task to the competent Expert working group, chaired by MOC Israel. To this aim, a first report has been prepared in the context of the EMERG Work Plan 2019 […]
Approximation to the European regulatory framework in the electronic communications has been the primary goal of the EMERG since its establishment in 2008. To this aim, the European Union has supported its activities and sponsored them to enable the participation of the experts from the Southern-Mediterranean Countries, within the ideals and the principles of the […]
Since its founding in 2008 EMERG has been funded by the European Commission through NATP I-IV program. The last project, in combination with funding from the Commission, ran from 2016 to 2020, and over the last two years EMERG explored several options to ensure the long-term sustainability of the platform in case the Commission were […]
The EMERG/Contact network meeting is the preparatory meeting for the EMERG Activities for 2020. According to the EMERG Charter, the Members have to discuss the following issues: Discuss the yearly Benchmarking Report, and approve the draft to be presented to the Plenary Assembly; Assess the implementation of the Work-plan and the recommendations and decisions adopted […]
The new role of regulators in the era of the new ecosystem of telecommunications and the new challenges of telecom regulation Rapid technological change that we have been witnessing over the years have significantly influenced the way we live, work and interrelate. Digital transformation brings new opportunities for citizens and industries, but also new challenges […]
On 26-27 November 2019 an EMERG delegation participated to two events of the Eastern partnership network (EaPeReg) in Riga (Latvia). The first day meeting was about International Roaming, a strategic topic for both platforms, in the view of possible regional agreements as it was for the Western Balkans countries; the second day meeting was the […]