Activities of Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN related to 2010/2304(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on European Broadband: investing in digitally driven growth PDF (260 KB) DOC (182 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Commission to present its findings on whether broadband should be included in the universal service directive as the most efficient and effective way to achieve the Digital Agenda objective of ‘broadband for all’;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that new high speed networks and services are needed to foster the EU'’s international competitiveness;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls upon the European Commission to safeguard non- discriminatory internet traffic management and assess whether the implementation of the revised EU telecoms framework requires guidance rules;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that competition in both infrastructure, and services over that infrastructure, provides the best basis for sustainable competition, investment, innovation and take-up;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages the Commission and the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications to work to find a common approach by 2013 to creating a single market for business and electronic communications across the EU;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Believes that to make maximum use of limited public funding, whether by the Member States directly or via the EU, such funding needs to have a clear focus on those projects where it can be expected to have the maximum effect in private investment to further increase both coverage and capacity;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Considers that state aid for broadband investment should be used in synergy with structural funds to stimulate local entrepreneurship, the local economy, to create local jobs and promote competition in the telecom market;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises that regulatory certainty is needed to promote investment and address barriers to investment in fast and ultra-fast next generation networks; recogniswelcomes, in this respect, the NGA recommendation with respect to wired access;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Supports the Commission'’s work with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to improve funding of fast and ultra-fastnext generation networks, and emphasises the need for such funding to be directed towards open infrastructure projects supporting a diversity of services;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Continues to encourage appropriate public-sector investment, public-private partnerships and tax incentive schemes for the roll-out of fast and ultra-fastnext generation networks; stresses the importance of government policies being coordinated at all levels;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Welcomes the Commission's initiative to convene a Digital Assembly in June 2011;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes the Commission's intention to produce guidance on costing and non- discrimination, key principles in the EU framework, and encourages the Commission to do so in a way that supports affordable prices, consumer choice and competition in fast and ultra- fastnext generation networks and the services delivered over them, and incentivises efficient investment and rapid switchover to such networks;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Highlights the importance of competitive markets in achieving affordable broadband, and emphasises the need for the swift implementation and full enforcement by Member States and NRAs of the revised EU telecoms framework and Recommendation on Next Generation Access;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Stresses the difference between theoretical network speeds and actual user experience since the user experience is also linked to website capacity and congestion etc; calls on the Commission in conjunction with BEREC to refine its measurements of delivered broadband speeds and adjust its targets accordingly and calls on BEREC to develop EU guidelines to ensure that advertised broadband speeds appropriately reflect the average up- and download speeds users can actually expect in order to secure transparency on the benefits of new technology, promote comparability and enhance competition;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Notes that the Communication forms just one part of a broader package, which also includes the Digital Agenda, the Innovation Union, the Radio Spectrum Policy Programme, EU and national funding programmes with a view to creating a mutually supportive system for the efficient further development, access to and use of networks, whether terrestrial fixed and mobile or via satellite;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)
Paragraph 39 b (new)
39b. Supports innovative broadband services directed towards the maritime sector, and welcomes the discussion by the Commission and the Member States on a new e-maritime initiative building on the SafeSeaNet project, envisaged to also address information related to logistics, customs, border control, environment, fishing operations, communications as well as security and safety issues;