9 Amendments of Krišjānis KARIŅŠ related to 2010/2304(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas European broadband policy must lay the ground for a development where the EU can take the lead regarding broadband speeds, mobility, coverage and capacity. Global leadership in the ICT sector is crucial for the prosperity and competitiveness of the EU,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas 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, creating a globally unique critical mass of users exposing all regions to new opportunities and giving each user increased value and the Union the capacity to be a world-leading knowledgebased economy. A rapid deployment of broadband is crucial for 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,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. 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 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the future allocation of radio spectrum must pave the way for European leadership in wireless applications and new services; access to low radio frequency bands, with their propagation characteristics supporting wide-area coverage, is crucial to facilitating wireless rural broadband coverage allowing access to all foreseeable Internet services;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. URecalls the importance of realising the objectives of the Digital Agenda, ensuring that all Union citizens have access to broadband speeds, not less than 30 Mbps by 2020, making it possible for the Union to have the highest possible broadband speeds and capacity; underlines that, to achieve the EU 2020 broadband targets, the Digital Agenda must establish benchmarks for the intermediate years 2015 and 2018 on a EU-wide rather than national level;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the urgency to establish a competitive digital single market working as a spearhead to open up the Internal market for all Union citizens; calls for the establishment of a 'one-stop-shop' for VAT in each Member State in order to facilitate cross-border e-commerce for SMEs and entrepreneurs;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. NoteHighlights that the broadbreal driver in improving connectivity for all is experimentation and adaption based on market demand; state aid framework and targeted use of Community funds may be the most progressive complementary means of acceleratingresses that the cost of infrastructure investments needs to be financed by the market; broadband state aid and targeted use of Community funds shall only be used when there is no market interest and shall support the acceleration of high speed broadband roll- out and new technological and innovative leadership in the EU;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. recalling the need to connect the digital agenda with the provisions of new growth generating services such as e- trade, e-health, e-learning, and e- banking;