Greece
Regulation
Telecommunications
May 2021
Vol.14, No. 55, Spring 2021
Xanthi Bitzidou
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Xanthi G. Bitzidou is a Greek Senior lawyer with a 20 years experience in the full range of EU and Greek competition law (antitrust, merger/acquisitions and state aid), regulatory experience in the Electronic Communications, media and postal markets, corporate law, administrative law and litigation. Ms. Bitzidou obtained her Law Diploma from the Aristotelion Law University of Thessaloniki (Greece), holds a Masters degree in EU Business Law from the ‘Institut d’études européennes’ of U.L.B (Belgium) and also an MPhil from the University of Kent (UK) in ‘EU Competition law and Telecommunications’. Her EU and Greek professional experience includes a stage at the EU Commission, the Brussels office of an American law firm, the EU/Brussels office of a German Telecoms/Technology Consultancy and the South Eastern Europe headquarters office of a telecoms Institute. Since 2005, she is a lawyer at the legal department of E.E.T.T (Hellenic Telecommunications and Posts Commission), where for the last 16 years she handles a full range of regulatory issues and competition law matters (cases) of both the Electronic Communications and Postal sectors. Ms Bitzidou has authored a book and relevant articles on the topics of EU Law, Competition Law and Electronic Communications/Media. She is fluent in Greek, English, French and Italian and an active member of the Athens Bar Association (Greece).
E.E.T.T
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The Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT) is an Independent Administrative Authority, which was established in 1992. The Authority acts as the National Regulator that monitors, regulates and supervises: (a) the electronic communications market, within which fixed and mobile telephony, wireless communications and Internet access providers operate and (b) the postal services market, within which postal and courier service providers operate. Moreover, EETT is entrusted with the competences to act as the Competition Authority in the said markets.
Greece
Regulation
Telecommunications
May 2021
Vol.14, No. 55, Spring 2021