12 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2012/2030(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that a European market with nearly 500 million people connected to high-speed broadband would act as a spearhead for the development of the internal market; stresses the need to connect the digital agenda with the provisions of new services such as e-trade, e-health, e-learning, e-banking and e- government services.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reminding that a Digital Single Market, where services can flow freely on a 500 million consumer market, is a crucial driver for competitiveness and economic growth, providing highly- qualified jobs and facilitating EU’s convergence into a knowledge driven economy.
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that broadband and the internet are important drivers for economic growth, job creation and European competitiveness, as well as boosting online commerce and services, but points out that more competition is needed to ensure net neutrality; reiterates the support for an open Internet where content and individual commercial services can not be blocked;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance for the development of the European Digital Single Market to continue efforts towards ubiquitous and high-speed access for all consumers, through the promotion of access to fixed and mobile Internet and the deployment of next generation infrastructure; emphasises that this requires policies that promote access on competitive terms;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to provide new impetus to the European fast and ultra fast broadband strategy and updating these target;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the urgent need for the EU to provide business and consumers with confidence and means to trade online in order to increase cross-border trade; therefore calls for simplification of licensing systems and the creation of an efficient framework for copyright;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that the internet is increasingly being used on mobile devices and calls for action to ensure increased radio spectrum availability for the mobile internet; the future allocation of radio spectrum must pave the way for European leadership in wireless applications and new services in order to boost European growth and global competitiveness;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that both fixed and mobile data traffic is growing exponentially and that a number of actions, such as further harmonised spectrum allocations for wireless broadband, increased spectrum efficiency and a rapid roll out of next generation access networks, will be crucial to manage this increase;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Assessing the need to open up the 700 MHz band for mobile data traffic is a necessary first step to meet future capacity requirements;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that high-speed networks are a prerequisite for the development of online services and ieconomic growth; calls on the European Commission to develop world leading digital agenda targets ensuring that Europe becomes the global leader with regard to Internet speed and connectivity. Invites the Member States to further develop national broadband plans and adopt operational plans with concrete measures to implement the targets set in the Digital Agendaambitious broadband targets;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Regrets that the EU is lagging behind other global actors such as Japan and South-Korea with regard to Internet connections operating on fibre, calls therefore on Member States and the European Commission to accelerate the spread and adoption of ultra high-speed broadband;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. A rapid deployment of ultra fast broadband is crucial for the Europe's global competitiveness, the development of European productivity and for the emergence of new and small enterprises that can be leaders in different sectors, for example health care, manufacturing and the services industry;