Among the regulatory objectives established in the Community framework and in national legislation is the objective of encouraging efficient use and ensuring effective management of radio frequencies and numbering resources, which is embodied by objectives 1 and 2 of ICP-ANACOM’s strategic plan and, to some extent, objective 4 when this involves coordination within the EU.
In fact, if the ultimate goal of achieving effective and efficient use of resources is to obtain benefits for consumers and citizens in general, such management and, in particular, management of the spectrum can and must also be made an instrument to be used in the promotion of competition, where the principles of technological and service neutrality have a key role in ensuring that spectrum provision is increasingly market orientated.
The allocation of numbering resources within a reasonable time and using objective, transparent and non discriminatory procedures, is also a necessary condition for the development of markets of competitive and innovative services.
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