8 Amendments of Sabine VERHEYEN related to 2013/2080(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Shares the view that despite progress being made, the European Union is only taking small steps towards achieving the Digital Agenda's broadband objectives within the targeted time frame;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of enhanced consumer information requirements regarding service restrictions, device subsidies, and traffic management, and calls on the Member States and the Commission to coherently enforce the ban on misleading advertising;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that there is a potential for anti-competitive and discriminative behaviour in traffic management and calls therefore on the Member States to prevent any violation of net neutrality;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines that the development of end to end quality of service capabilities in addition to traditional best effort delivery could undermine the principle of net neutrality;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that depending on the wireless carrier, consumers' phones might have restricted functionality regarding tethering options while at the same time the carrier advertises unlimited data usage; asks therefore the Commission and BEREC to look at potential misleading advertisement aspects involved in this regard;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the significant process which has been made in providing entry level universal broadband access, although progress is very uneven; Encouragescalls on the Member States to meet the digital agenda targets by stimulating private and public investment in new network capacity;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines that in order to reduce costs and increase efficiency in the deployment of the high-speed electronic communication infrastructure, an efficient increase in broadband coverage and provision of discrimination-free access and use of the internet can only be achieved through a mix of different measures and all available technologies;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Emphasises that the increasing amount of data volumes, limited availability of spectrum resources and the convergence of technologies, equipment and content require intelligent data traffic management and different methods of dissemination such as cooperation between digital terrestrial broadcasting and wireless broadband networks;