Apritel want to work to clarify consumers – Economic

Katie Simões

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Association of telecom operators have new model of ‘governance ‘. Daniela Anthony is general secretary, replacing the President.

Apritel want to work to clarify the consumer, and collaborate with the organizations that represent them. The association representing telecommunications operators yesterday presented the new model of ‘governance’, where the Secretary-General replaces the president and spokesman of the association, which maintains towards the six operators (EN, IN, Vodafone, Cabovisao, Oni and AR Telecom). “Working for more savvy consumers is a priority,” he told reporters Daniela Anthony, a lawyer and former Cabovisão, which will be secretary-general of the organization over the next year. “We launched a challenge to instances of consumer to find ways to collaborate.” Because, considered, there are “some misunderstandings”, especially on contracts – one of the criticisms leveled at the sector – that can be avoided if there is further clarification. Apritel still has as a priority to continue to monitor the regulation and “promote a humane vision of the business sector.” Daniela Anthony explained to reporters that the change of the model of ‘governance’ of the association is related to greater “maturity.” “It is a more modern model” with the Secretary-General to be chosen from persons with knowledge of the sector, but without connection to telecom operators. The spokesman did not advance Apritel details on the strategic plan of the organization, which will be revealed in the coming weeks, but believes that the future of telecommunications will undergo a “very intense competition”; one of the challenges is the need to attract investment, with operators having to reinvent entities due to ‘over the top’ as aGoogle. Asked about the government’s intention to tax mobile phones and ‘tablets’, under the preliminary draft of the private copying, Daniela Anthony did not extend on the subject, but there was saying, “We do not want to accept that there are new taxes on behalf of entities whose accounts were not scrutinized, inspected and public “, referring to the management entities of copyright. The inspection, he stressed, must exist, even if it is “for the sake of transparency.” The spokesman also noted that Apritel operators own “promote artistic creation and pay very substantial contributions to the authors.”