10 Amendments of Paul RÜBIG related to 2009/2225(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas citizens will refrain from interacting, expressing their opinions freely and entering into transactions if they do not have sufficient confidence in the legal framework of the new digital space; whereas the guaranteerecognition and enforcement of digital rights is an essential condition for confidence on the part of citizens,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas we have not yet achieved a fully functioning single market for online and communication services in Europe; whereas the free movement of digital services is today severely hindered by fragmented rules at national level; whereas European companies and public services will gain economic and social benefits from the use of advanced ICT services and applications,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of continuing efforts towards ubiquitous and high-speed access for all citizens and consumers, through the promotion of users’ access to fixed and mobile Internet and the deployment of next-generation infrastructure; emphasises that this requires policies that promote access on fair terms and at competitive prices for all communitieitizens, irrespective of location, thereby ensuring that no European citizen faces exclusion, and that create incentives in the regulatory framework to support sustained private investment in next- generation access infrastructure;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the optimal solution to include millions of EU citizens located in island, mountainous and sparsely populated regions within an acceptable timeframe and at reasonable cost, may be through wireless technologies including satellite, WIFI and others like 3G mobile, any of which would enable an immediate connection to the Internet backbone with no more than the installation of one technical standard user terminal;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of maintaining Europe as the mobile continent in the worldsupporting the deployment of advanced wireless technologies and maintaining Europe as the mobile continent in the world; underlines the importance of sustained competition and innovation in wireless services and ensuring that 75% of mobile subscribers are 3G (or beyond) users by 2015; recalls the necessity to accelerate the harmonispromote the co-ordinated deployment of the digital dividend without compromising existing broadcast services; calls on the Commission and BEREC to monitor spectrum assignment and usage and report on competition and market developments;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission should carry out an impact assessment to examine how an EU-wide number portability can be realised;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that, as Internet access rates are increasing, 50% of EU households should be connected to high-speed networks by 2015; recalls the importance of an appropriate policy framework that enables the massive private investments needed to achieve this objective;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that the Commission should mandate BEREC with a benchmark study focusing on the reduction of wholesale roaming charges near to a real-cost level;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to engage BEREC ('Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications') to put forward before the end of 2010 a systemic approach to establishing a competitive market;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to lay emphasis on a Roaming 3 regulation, focusing on an impact assessment on zero-price incoming calls;