European Commission: Study on the Availability and Robustness of Electronic Communication Networks

This study observes the current availability of electronic communication networks and makes ten recommendations to the Commission, the Member States, and the private sector to improve their functional resilience. These recommendations regard emergency preparedness, priority communications on public networks, formal mutual aid agreements, critical infrastructure information sharing, inter-infrastructure dependency, supply chain integrity and trusted operation, unified European voice in standards, interoperability testing, vigorous ownership of partnering health, and discretionary European expert best practices. This study can serve as a framework for a dialogue between the different stakeholders in Europe.