The Dutch government has agreed to merge telecoms regulator OPTA with the country’s consumer and competition authorities to create a super regulatory body.
A steering group led by an independent chairman will be set up in mind for a merger to be…
The Dutch government has agreed to merge telecoms regulator OPTA with the country’s consumer and competition authorities to create a super regulatory body.
A steering group led by an independent chairman will be set up in mind for a merger to be completed before 2013, a spokesman for Dutch telecoms minister Maxime Verhagen told TelecomFinance.
Its management structure is still being decided, but will include board representatives from each regulator absorbed.
As well as streamlining the government through the removal of overlapping responsibilities, the new body will also combine expertise from across multiple regulators, the spokesman added.
The government is also debating whether the new regulator should take over some of the responsibilities of its Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa).
