6 Amendments of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2016/0027(COD)
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Assigning the 700MHz frequency band to wireless broadband without delay by 2020 is essential in order to ensure the future global competitiveness of the Union in the digital economy.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Rapidly growing wireless broadband traffic makes enhanced wireless network capacity a necessity. Spectrum in the 700 MHz frequency band provides both additional capacity and universal coverage, in particular for the economically challenging rural and remote areas, for indoor use and for wide-range machine- type communications. In this context, coherent measures for high-quality terrestrial wireless coverage across the Union, which build on best national practice for operators’ licence obligations, should aim to meet the RSPP objective that all citizens should have access to broadband speeds of not less than 30 Mb/s by 2020. In this way, the measures will promote innovative digital services and ensure long- term socioeconomic benefits.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In its 2013 communication on the Telecommunications Single Market, the Commission highlighted how national spectrum assignment schemes result in a fragmented digital single market, since differences in the timing, conditions and costs of procedures for acquiring spectrum chill investment, and make it hard to develop integrated wireless networks between countries. Therefore, action at Union level regarding certain aspects of radio spectrum assignment should be stimulated, including by creating a secondary market for the trade and lease of spectrum harmonised for wireless broadband communications.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) As some Member States have already launched or completed a national process to authorise the use of the 700 MHz frequency band for bidirectional terrestrial wireless broadband electronic communications services, the Union should take immediate action in order to prevent fragmentation of the single market. What is needed is a coordinated approach to the future use of the 470-790 MHz frequency band, which should also provide regulatory predictability, balance Member State diversity with single market objectives and promote a coherent Union position on the international scene. In this context, Member States should be required to repurpose the 700 MHz frequency band in a timely mannerwithout delay in accordance with Union and national law.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
(1) By 30 June 2020, Member States shall allow the use of the 694-790 MHz frequency band for terrestrial systems capable of providing wireless broadband electronic communications services only under harmonised technical conditions set by the Commission pursuant to Article 4 of Decision 676/2002/EC. Where necessary, Member States shall carry out the authorisation process or amend relevant existing rights to use the spectrum in accordance with Directive 2002/20/EC without delay, in order to allow that use.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
By 30 June 2017, Member States shall adopt and make public their national plan and schedule (‘national roadmap’), including detailed steps for fulfilling their obligations under Articles 1 and 4 of this Decision.