4 Amendments of Herbert REUL related to 2013/2092(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas satellite-based services play an important part in providing information for the growth sectors of the digital society and help to attain the aims of the EU’s Digital Agenda;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that satellite communication plays an important role within the European space industry, as orders from this sector provide continuous uses for spacecraft and launchers and thus contribute to the objective of independent access to space for the EU; draws attention in this context to the role of independent payload capacity which becomes available when launching commercial satellites (for ‘hosted payloads’) which can be used to try out new products and technologies in space and thus helps to reduce both the costs and the time required to be able to offer new services;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that satellite networks help to meet the EU Digital Agenda targets with a view to achieving total coverage of the EU with broadband internet, particularly in remote areas; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that, with reference to technological neutrality, the satellite internet is appropriately taken into account in the technology mix to be used to expand broadband, for example in the EU’s cohesion policy;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission therefore to analyse the current availability of, and future need for, radio frequencies for satellite communication and ensure, at the next ITU World Radio Communications Conference, that the EU’s interests and those of the satellite communication industry in the field of global and regional spectrum allocation are defended appropriately;