council resolut septemb develop number polici telecommun servic european commun council european union regard treati establish european commun regard council resolut novemb promot europ wide cooper number telecommun servic commiss publish green paper number polici telecommun servic europ novemb commun result public consult green paper commun legisl requir adequ number made nation number plan telecommun servic number alloc object discriminatori transpar manner legisl measur need establish regulatori framework telecommun european level accompani full liber sector adopt process adopt welcom broad public consult carri commiss number issu notic wide support express consult process introduct number mechan favour competit commun recogn number kei facilit consum choic effect competit liber telecommun environ competit greater effici achiev inter alia avial call call carrier select carrier preselect custom avail number portabl equal quantit qualit access number resourc market player develop number polici europ cooper european confer postal telecommun administr cept regard time creation european telephoni number space etn provis number develop defin set specif pan european servic consid custom oper signific market power provid fix local public telephon servic access altern oper discriminatori user friendli mechan call call carrier select januari countri grant addit transit period date agre full liber voic telephoni servic introduct carrier preselect oper signific market power provid fix local public telephon servic need close year deadlin introduct full liber refer commun legisl order encourag competit sector market condit fix forthcom harmon direct regard number portabl expect introduc latest member state make effort acceler introduct date close timet establish full liber prefer year date take note commiss intent issu guidelin ensur nation number plan adjust achiev equal quantit qualit access number resourc market player call member state commiss step ensur cooper cept european number forum intern telecommun union itu order achiev common object establish etn januari basi countri code etn broad sepctrum specif pan european servic cover enabl user distinguish easili type servic type tariff common approach alphanumer diall base europ wide implement itu recommend option european standard et take account nation alphabet includ standard function code base diall kei invit commiss relat carrier preselect prepar propos european parliament council accord point relat oper number portabl prepar propos european parliament council acceler introduct facil accord point develop guidelin fair pro competit arrang oper cost number portabl studi minimum criteria standard requir view guarante interoper long term number portabl solut instanc intellig network solut offer promot standard european telecommun standard institut relat number portabl carrier select studi consum regard number role line call tariff inform user number longer give reliabl indic tariff call technic issu connect implement system multi oper environ light experi liber etn cost benefit develop integr long term european number approach monitor report situat internet name address propos action global organ manag internet report regularli european parliament council progress made respect issu cover resolut