The European Commission is planning to investigate whether European mobile operators are managing wireless Internet traffic to discriminate against competitors or consumers who use data-intensive services. Neelie Kroes,the European Union's telecommunications commissioner,on April 18 will ask an advisory panel of national regulators to examine whether mobile operators are upholding the principle of network neutrality,which calls for all data traffic to be treated equally. In a 10-page summary of remarks she intends to present in Brussels,which was obtained by the International Herald Tribune,Ms.Kroes said she was so far unconvinced that a serious problem existed or that new legal consumer safeguards were needed.
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