Activities of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2008/2099(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Explanations of vote
Electronic communications networks and services - European Electronic Communications Market Authority - Common approach to the use of the spectrum released by the digital switchover - Electronic communications networks and services, protection of privacy and consumer protection (debate)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Notes that most Member States today are lagging behind other developed countries regarding investment in new generation communication infrastructures, and stresses that achieving leadership in broadband and Internet development is crucial for the competitiveness and cohesion of Europe in the international arena, especially as regards the development of interactive digital platforms and the provision of new services such as e-trade, e-health, e- learning and e-government services;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that technological convergence is a reality, offering traditional services new means and opportunities; emphasises that access to the parts of the spectrum that have previously been reserved for broadcasting is crucial in order to enable the emergence of new serviccan enable the emergence of new services provided that the spectrum is managed as efficiently and effectively as possible in order to avoid interference with the delivery of high-quality digital broadcasting programmes;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Observes that an efficient allocation of the digital dividend may be achieved without hampering any of the players that currently hold spectrum licenses in the UHF band, and that the continuation and expansion of current broadcasting services can be effectively achieved, at the same time securing that new mobile multimedia and broadband wireless access technologies are allocated substantial spectrum resources in the UHF band to bring new interactive services to European citizens;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises the greater efficiency of digital broadcasting, enabling more channels and potentially higher quality to be delivered using less spectrum, allowing enhanced broadcast services while at the same time freeing up spectrum for new services that can bring benefits to citizens and consumers; considers the market is best placed to determine the services and technologies of most benefit to society;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Is convinced that new multi-play packages, containing innovative technologies and services, may soon be offered due to increased technological convergence, and at the same time observes that the emergence of these offers crucially depends on the availability of valuable spectrum as well as of new interactive technologies enabling seamless interoperability, connectivity and coverage, such as mobile multimedia technologies and broadband wireless access technologies;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Underlines that the digital dividend provides a unique opportunity for Europe to develop its role as world leader in mobile multimedia technologies and at the same time bridge the digital divide with an increased flow of information, knowledge and services connecting all European citizens with each other and providing new opportunities for media, culture and diversity in all areas of the territory of the European Union;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that Europe must benefit from such a unique opportunity as soon as possible if it wants to achieve world leadership in new interactive digital platforms and realise the 'information society for all', as envisaged in the i2010 strategy, and that such need may require active cooperation between Member States to overcome current obstacles existing at national level in the efficient (re)allocation of the digital dividend;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises the benefits of Member States releasing their digital dividends as quickly as possible in order to enable European citizens and consumers to take advantage of new, innovative and competitive services; notes, in particular, that some countries have already switched to digital broadcasting and/or identified their digital dividend;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is in favour of technology-neutral auctions for the purpose of allocating frequencies that are liberated because of the digital dividend and making those frequencies tradable; warns, however, of spectrum fragmentation which leads to the sub-optimal use of scarce resources; calls on the Commission to ensure that a common approach to the use of spectrum plan will not create new barriers to future innovation;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for close cooperation among Member States to achieve an efficient, open and competitive internal market by identifying common spectrum bands for the development of new pan-European services and for securing sufficient scale for the deployment of new network technologies;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Member States to agree on a common timetable and to release their digital dividends as quickly as possible, allowing European citizens to benefit from the deployment of new, innovative and competitive services;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the digital dividend opens up sufficient spectrum for broadcasters to significantly develop and expand their services and at the same time to take into account other potential social, cultural and economic applications, such as new broadband applicationstechnologies and access services, designed to overcome the so- called “digital divide”;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the potential benefits of a coordinated approach to usage of spectrum in the EU in terms of economies of scale, as well as the need to make the best use of the digital dividend in order to avoid fragmentation, which leads to a sub- optimal use of this scarce resource;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages Member States to take into account the appropriateness of allowing unlicensed users access to the dividend, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises and the not-for-profit sector, under conditions of non-interference with licensed users;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Acknowledges the right of Member States to determine the use of the digital dividend, but affirms also that a coordinated approach at Community level greatly enhances the value of the dividend and is the only way to avoid harmful interference between Member States and between Member States and third countries;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. In order to achieve a more efficient use of spectrum and to facilitate the emergence of innovative and successful national, cross-border and pan-European services, supports the coordination approach of the Commission, based on three different clusters of the UHF spectrum for unidirectional and bi-directional services respectively, taking into account the potential for radio interference arising from the co-existence of different types of networks in the same band and the existing authorisations;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Commission to undertake, in cooperation with the Member States, the appropriate technical and socio-economic studies to determine the size and characteristics of the sub-bands that could be coordinated or harmonisedfor a common approach at Community level;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to submit, as soon as these studies have been completed and having consulted both the Radio Spectrum Policy Group and the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations and taking due account of national specificities, a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council for the adoption of non-binding measures to reservharmonise and coordinate at EU level common sub-bands of the digital dividend;