EU is set to prolong some security rules recently only applicable to telecom operators to web services such as WhatsApp (FB.O), Skype (MSFT.O) and Apple Inc's FaceTime (AAPL.O), according to a draft proposal seen by Reuters.
The European Commission, the EU executive, will unveil a proposed reform of its 15-year-old telecom rules next week in which it will extend some provisions to web companies offering calls and messages over the Internet, so-called "over the top players."
Telecom companies such as Vodafone (VOD.L), Orange (ORAN.PA) and Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE) have long made complains that web groups including Alphabet Inc's Google (GOOGL.O), Microsoft and Facebook are more lightly regulated despite offering similar services and have called for the EU's telecoms-specific rules to be repealed.
Under the draft directive, over the top services will have to ensure the security and integrity of their services, including reporting breaches to authorities and having contingency plans and service continuity strategies.
The proposal is part of a broader drive to level the playing field between European companies and mainly United States tech firms.
However the proposal does allow for some of the security obligations to be lighter for services or example, WhatsApp, do not have control over the transmission of their services over telecom networks.
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