EU open to compromise on some parts of mobile industry agenda

A visitor uses her mobile phone in front of an electronic board in the atrium of the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo

BARCELONA, Spain: The European Commission is opening up to some policy changes that telecoms companies want but is still but resisting mobile operators' efforts to merge with competitors inside national markets, executives said on Feb 28.

The CEOs of Vodafone and Orange used an annual mobile industry gathering here to renew calls to regulators to help operators build scale and boost investment after years of what they see as overly consumer-friendly policies that cut into revenues.