10 Amendments of Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA related to 2010/2304(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the Digital Agenda broadband targets will only be achieved with broadband as a part of Universal Services and encourages the Commission to review the scope of universal services in this respect;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the objective must be to establish EU global leadership in ICT infrastructure by 2013 by delivering 100 %, as a first step, 100 % basic broadband coverage, giving at least 2Mbps service to users in rural areas and 24Mbps in core cities; draws the Commission’s attention to the fact that, in order to counter the emergence of a digital divide, the definition of basic coverage in rural areas will need to be revised in future to take account of the new requirements created by the steadily increasing transmission rates for innovative Internet services, such as eGovernment, eHealth or eLearning;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the need to make best use of complementary technologies to achieve broadband coverage in rural areas without undue burdens on consumers or the industryeconomically sustainable broadband coverage at affordable prices in rural areas; points out that, even at the current level of basic coverage, the use of the ‘digital dividend’ will not solve the problem of gaps in NGA networks in rural areas in the long term; believes, therefore, that it would be appropriate to give priority to the development of glass fibre- based broadband wherever it represents the most economic and sustainable solution in the long term;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recommends facilitating the timely useprompt exploitation of the ‘Digital Dividend’ for new mobile broadband services through a harmonised and technology-neutral pan- EU approach, giving economies of scale and avoiding detrimental cross-border interference issues, while not interfering with existing Digital TV/HDTV reception;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that broadband services are key to the competitiveness of EU industry and greatly contribute to EU economic growth and employment and to the participation of all regions and social groups in digital life in the EU;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that high capacity broadband networks and fibre in the access networks (FTTH) are desirable objectivessential from the perspective of both end-users and economic developmenttheir future needs and economic development, given the ever more extensive use of broadband applications;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that the broadband state aid framework and targeted use of Community funds may be the most progressive complementary means of accelerating broadband roll-out; however, this requires a stable, consistent and investment- friendly EU regulatory framework, the simplification of state aid rules and the flexible allocation of EU funds within the respective programming periods;
Amendment 116 #
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 networks; recognises, in this respect, the NGA recommendation with respect to wired access; calls on the Commission to apply more investment incentivised elements within the regulatory framework and provide stimulus to use synergies from infrastructure projects;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Continues to encourage appropriate public-sector investment and organisational models, in particular involving local authorities, public-private partnerships and tax incentive schemes for the roll-out of fast and ultra-fast networks; stresses the importance of government policies being coordinated at all levels;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to agree on an EU Broadband Deployment Pact, using equity funds, Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund, regional funds and state with a view to coordinating national and European funding programmes and private investment as appropriatemore effectively, targeting whiterural areas in particular, and ensuring the necessary coordination with consistent output indicators on an EU-wide scale;