3 Amendments of Sahra WAGENKNECHT related to 2008/2099(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that spectrum is a scarce natural resource and that Member States should therefore control the use of the spectrum in order to guarantee important public goods such as high quality, free-to- air television services as well as Internet services;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports a commonordinated approach to the use of the spectrum in order to ensure the optimal use of the digital dividend, allowing broadcasters to continue offeringand further develop their current services but allocating the digital dividend on the basis of neutral; considers that Member States should be free to allocate spectrum in line with national policy priorities such as cultural and linguistic diversity;
Amendment 13 #
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 scarcConsiders that auctioning and trading should not constitute the primary mechanisms by which to allocate fresources; calls on the Commission to ensure that a common spectrum plan will not create new barriers to future innovationquencies since market mechanisms alone fail to deliver important public goods;