As discussed in our previous entries on this data base, the regulation of communications in Italy is experiencing significant reform. This is a result of the evolution and merging of communication technologies, pressure from the European Union, the planned privatization of the State telecommunications company, and pressure from various social and political forces to open up broadcasting and telecommunications to the market. The present Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Mr. Antonio Maccanico, has submitted proposed legislation (the "Maccanico Proposal" or the "Proposal") for such reform, which has been approved by the Italian Council of Ministers. The Proposal presents significant differences from the proposals which the Parliament discussed in 1995, which were submitted by the previous Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Mr. Antonio Gambino (House Doc. 3180), and that prepared by the House Special Commission for the Reorganization of the Television Sector.
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