Ideas for the Future of European Telecommunications Regulations
12 September 2024
Tech, Media, Telecom
Ilsa Godlovitch
Director
Brussels WIK-Consult
Brussels WIK-Consult
Ilsa Godlovitch is an expert on telecoms and the digital economy with more than 20 years of experience in managing and conducting research and regulatory projects in this field. Ilsa has led studies for the European Commission regarding the Gigabit Infrastructure Act, Open Internet and Roaming Regulations, EU Electronic Communications Code and Broadband State Aid Guidelines, as well as conducting research for BEREC and National Regulatory Authorities on the environmental impact of electronic communications, and the evolution of fixed and mobile telecom markets.
Between 2007-2012, Ilsa was Director at the pan-European trade association ECTA, where she was responsible for an annual benchmark of regulation and outcomes in the telecoms sector covering 22 countries. Between 1998-2002 Ilsa was senior advisor at the UK regulatory authority Oftel, where she was responsible inter alia for developing policy and negotiating alongside the Ministry on the EU Framework for Electronic Communications.
Ilsa started her career as a technology journalist, launching an early Internet magazine, Cyberia, in 1996. She then joined Microsoft and was a member of the launch team of MSN News and the Microsoft Network in the UK between 1997-1998. Ilsa has a Postgraduate Certificate in Economics from London University and an MA in Classics from Oxford University.
