7 Amendments of Paul RÜBIG related to 2015/2147(INI)
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the targets for the introduction of broadband by 2020 set as part of the Digital Agenda will probably not be met, and whereas internet connections with a speed of more than 100 Mb/s are still available for only 2.7 out of every 100 people, or 6% of all households (end of 2014); whereas, moreover, this figure conceals major geographical disparities; whereas the digital agenda targets state that 50% of households are to be provided with 100 Mb/s internet by 2020, which calls for additional investment totalling some EUR 90 billion;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that users’ trust in digital public and commercial services is vital to innovation, in particular open innovation and growth in the digital economy and that reinforcing that trust, also by promoting best practices, i.e. in the area of e- governance, should be at the basis of both public policy and digital business models;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a defragmentation of the telecommunications market and for an economic assessment of the implications for the digital single market as a whole of mergers and takeovers, in order to clear the way for the necessary consolidation of the market;
Amendment 695 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes that the development of new services such as the Internet of Things requires new flexible, future focused policies that allow the Internet of Things to develop its potential for economic and social development in all countries;
Amendment 730 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for a European strategy on termination rates and for the consistent implementation of the relevant Commission Recommendation 2009/396/EC; takes the view that asymmetric termination rates within the EU lead to major inequalities of treatment and distortions of competition, thus conflicting with the EU’s requirement to establish a digital single market and with the recent decision to abolish retail roaming charges (cost recovery clause);
Amendment 744 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls as afor spectrum allocation to be one of the priorityies for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investmentsEuropean framework, and in particular for increased coordination on award criteria, the timing of auctions, licensing conditions and spectrum use; in this way, and potentially also with the involvement of EFSI, it should be possible to boost long-term investments in wireless network infrastructure;
Amendment 797 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Takes the view that the forthcoming amendment to the telecommunications legal framework should seek to consolidate and simplify the plethora of directives and recommendations and/or adapt sector-specific rules to new market realities (e.g. new communications services such as Viber, FB Messenger etc.); to that end, the key themes should be the creation of a European single market with fair conditions of competition; the legal framework should seek to make Europe-wide investments attractive and render innovations possible;