According to the ECJ, the Gmail service provided by Google, does not consist wholly or mainly in the conveyance of signals on electronic communications networks and therefore does not constitute an ‘electronic communications service’ (ECS).
While we were discussing in a previous news what constitutes a regulated ECS (with the SkypeOut case), this time we will outline what is not (Gmail case).
Read the article on Lexing Belgium’s website:
Gmail: not a telecom operator under EU law