32 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2015/2147(INI)
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by small companies to a customer base of 500 million customers and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas; whereas the digital economy is no longer only an important part of society, it is society;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the digital economy remains global by definition, and digitalization in Europe is integral to global development; whereas a Digital Single Market strategy should aim to create a common market open to the world, to ensure that European companies have the best possible business climate and the largest possible common home market;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the technical developments, industrial digitalisation and consumer behaviour are evolving rapidly, data traffic growing exponentially, and areas of use constantly widening; whereas any new industry regulation therefore needs to be principle-based, technology neutral and flexible;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas addressing and supporting the exceptional growth in mobile data traffic is pivotal to securing the EU's competitiveness and global leadership in the digital economy;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas an open-mindedness in embracing new products and services from a digital society must be encouraged;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas enhanced coordination and harmonisation of spectrum resources are necessary to fully exploit the potential of the internal market and to increase economic growth in Europe;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas 5G is the key to a connected society and the services of tomorrow, enabling whole new fields of application and innovative solutions for society;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the timely roll-out of future communication networks in Europe, such as 5G will depend on the creation of an investment-conducive environment;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Endorses the Commission´s Better Regulation policy and welcomes its application to the digital sphere; Believes that bBetter rRegulation should help tonecessarily involves examineing policyies and proposals through a digital lens and facilitate theing the implementation and, where appropriate and following the necessary consultations and ex-post impact assessments, adaptation of existing legislation and enforcement frameworks in the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market, boost innovation and promote growth;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious and firm targets for 5G rollout, setting as European milestone - for inspiring a speedy development of 5G;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that Europe´s Digital Single Market should be part of the new globally connected marketplace, with the aim to be a global centre open to foreign companies, ideas, knowledge and investments, enabling European companies to succeed globally; calls on the Commission to develop an ambitious digital trade strategy to benefit European innovation and competitiveness globally;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Underlines that the digital economy and technologies are not new phenomena, they are already today a fundamental base of our societies, having changed the logics of economy, business, innovations and information;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses the need for an entrepreneurial and industrial perspective regarding the development of new services, new business models and new markets, if Europe is to be in the lead; calls for European leadership regarding the resources for mobile broad band as regards availability of spectrum for new supply and increased demand;
Amendment 580 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points out that geo-blocking is a specific set of practices that should not be confused with restrictions to access to a service; many restrictions to cross-order access to a service, such as restrictions to e-commerce delivery of physical goods, are caused by diverging national consumer, product or labelling requirements and are thus often the consequence of remaining barriers to the Single Market; underlines the need to remove these remaining barriers;
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers and businesses; Stresses the importance of encouraging competition to achieve more broadband investment; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks, in fact, it is rather the opposite, that competition has proved to stimulate investments; calls on the Commission, therefore, to enforce competition rules in order to ensure that consumers and businesses can benefit from affordable high-quality services;
Amendment 670 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Stresses that as technical and industrial developments and consumer behaviour are evolving rapidly, data traffic growing exponentially, and areas of use constantly widening, any new industry regulation needs to be principle- based, technology neutral and flexible;
Amendment 674 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that investment in next- generation broadband infrastructure and access for all players to non-duplicable network assets is fundamental for Europe´s innovation and competitiveness, in order to lead not to lag behind, and in order to be able to offer the highest broadband speeds, the highest penetration rates and the largest digital motorways enabling the development of new services, innovations and economic growth;
Amendment 722 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competition; recalls that access to networks remain a bottleneck and that competition therefore is needed at the infrastructure layer;
Amendment 737 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls as a priority for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investmentfor a flexible and coordinated European spectrum policy where inefficient use of spectrum is addressed and where the exponential growth of mobile data traffic can be met by future re-allocations; emphasises that spectrum policy needs to be designed in a way which should not allow viable challenger operators actively investing in their own infrastructure to be squeezed out of the market by protectionist spectrum policy decisions;
Amendment 749 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Urges the Commission to undertake a comprehensive review of the spectrum framework with a view to providing consistency and predictability that would boost network investment across the EU, thereby enabling the Digital Single Market;
Amendment 751 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Stresses that the development of data demand has consistently exceeded expectations meaning that future EU spectrum policy needs to be forward- thinking, in particular given the scarcity of a resource so essential for connecting all European citizens; calls for the elimination of spectrum policy fragmentation;
Amendment 752 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Underlines the importance of spectrum allocation for mobile broadband and internet, paving the way for the speeds and capacities essential for the development and emergence in Europe of new services and innovations;
Amendment 753 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Points out that the services of today would not have been possible with the speeds and capacities of yesterday, meaning that the services of tomorrow will not emerge in a Europe still staying with present capacities and speeds;
Amendment 754 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Points out that a harmonised, forward-looking and predictable spectrum management environment is critical for the long term investments necessary for 5G access networks to be rolled out;
Amendment 755 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 f (new)
Paragraph 21 f (new)
21f. Urges the Commission to push forward with 5G to ensure European leadership; emphasises the need for harmonised radio spectrum to ensure global interoperability regarding 5G rollout;
Amendment 756 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 g (new)
Paragraph 21 g (new)
21g. Calls on the Commission to act in order to facilitate the allocation of the 700 MHz band together with other necessary frequencies as soon as possible, securing other parts of the spectrum for broadcasting and at the same time facilitating for meeting up with increased demands for IP Television, reminds of the importance to be in the global lead regarding preconditions for the rapid development of new services and technologies in Europe, requiring the best capacities for fixed and mobile broadband;
Amendment 827 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Notes that the concept of platforms covers a wide range of heterogeneous infrastructure, services and markets in both the online and the offline world changing and developing very rapidly, and therefore, there is no clear and enforceable definition of this concept;
Amendment 836 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Emphasises the importance of ensuring unified application of competition law to ensure that all competition takes place on a level playing field rather than creating special legislation that may limit the opportunities for business to develop innovative business models;
Amendment 860 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy and underlines that platforms already fall under the scope of EU legislation, such as competition law, data protection and consumer law;
Amendment 910 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Recognises that the e-commerce Directive provides a strong and flexible legal framework for the digital economy in the EU; stresses that intermediary liability protections underpinned the development of the Internet and is a necessary condition for the protection of fundamental rights, in particular the right to privacy and freedom of expression;
Amendment 920 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and Supports the self or co-regulatory solutions put in place by digital actors, notably on online child protection, and encourages Internet actors to conltinue networksing and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital servicooperating together in a responsible way to ensure that Internet remains an open, fair and safe spaces;
Amendment 934 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Considers that maintaining a secure and protected IT infrastructure environment is a prerequisite for the further digitalisation of industry, particularly for critical sectors such as healthcare, transport and energy; maintains that as our society evolves into ever more digitalisation high standards of cyber security are of utmost importance;