ETSI's Business Innovation Summit

5 October 2011, London

The Digital Agenda

European Policies for Future Networks

Carl-Christian Buhr

European Commissionhttp://bit.ly/cc_buhr, @ccbuhr

(All expressed views are those of the speaker.)http://slidesha.re/daenetworks

The European Commission as...

...Convenere.g. CEO Roundtable

...Policy Makere.g. Telecom

regulatione.g. Standardisation

Framework

...Funding Agencye.g. European

Infrastructurese.g. Research &

Innovation

2011 is important

Multi-Annual EU budget 2014-2020(Proposal June 2011: >EUR 80bn for Research & Innovation)

Standardisation Reform Package(Legislative proposal adopted in June 2011)

Telecom regulation(Legislative proposal on Roaming adopted in July 2011, Costing

Methodologies Public Consultation launched in October 2011)

Post-2013 research funding: Horizon 2020(Legislative proposal foreseen 2011)

Connecting Europe Facility(> EUR 9bn for Broadband and digital service infrastructures;

legislative proposal foreseen 2011)

Neelie Kroes

Digital Agenda

27 Commissioners propose...

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/

...2 Legislators need to agree

http://europarl.europa.eu/

http://consilium.europa.eu/

European Parliament

Council of the European Union

http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,@NeelieKroesEU

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

DAE

101 Actions

http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,@NeelieKroesEU

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

101 Actions

Advising on...

ICT StandardisationResearch PolicyCloud Computingetc.

http://bit.ly/cc_buhr,@ccbuhr

DAE: ICT Standardisation

A Digital Agenda for Europe (COM(2010)245, 19.05.2010),http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52010DC0245(01):EN:NOT

“Europe's standard-setting framework must catch up with fast-moving technology markets because standards are vital for interoperability.”

Standardisation Reform

Proposal for a Regulation adopted by the Commission on 1 June 2011.

“a light and fast way to recognise the increasingly important ICT standards developed by global ICT standards development organisations, such as those underpinning the internet, to be used in public procurement, EU policies and legislation.”

(COM(2011) 315 final, 01.06.2011),http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0315:FIN:EN:PDF

DAE: Broadband for All

A Digital Agenda for Europe (COM(2010)245, 19.05.2010),http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52010DC0245(01):EN:NOT

“by 2020, (i) all Europeans have access to much higher internet speeds of above 30 Mbps and (ii) 50% or more of European households subscribe to internet connectionsabove 100 Mbps”

CEO Roundtable

On 3 March 2011 Neelie Kroes asked CEOs and senior board-level company representatives (telcos, internet, devices, media) to come forward with concrete proposals on how to address the broadband investment challenge.

3 Working Groups

Second Meeting on 13 July 2011

Resulting documents: more work to do

Second CEO Roundtable on broadband investment to sustain internet growth,http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=7211

Connecting Europe Facility

As part of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 for the EU the Commission proposed the CEF in June 2011.

EUR 9.2bn for ICT/Digital

Innovative Financial Instruments

(Project Bonds), Grants

Could leverage up to EUR 100bn

private investment

A Budget For Europe 2020 Part II Policy Fiches (COM(2011)500, 29.06.2011), pp. 55-74,http://ec.europa.eu/budget/library/biblio/documents/fin_fwk1420/MFF_COM-2011-500_Part_II_en.pdf

DAE: Policies for Wireless

A Digital Agenda for Europe (COM(2010)245, 19.05.2010),http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52010DC0245(01):EN:NOT

“Implement the European Spectrum Policy Programme, so as to ensure the coordinatedallocation of the spectrum needed to meet the target of 100% coverage of 30mbps internet by 2020”

Spectrum PolicyWireless broadband is essential to deliver broadband for all by 2013: Radio Spectrum Policy Programme Proposal adopted in September 2010.

More flexibility for efficient use Avoid internal market fragmentation Enhance competition More spectrum for broadband Spectrum inventory International coordination (WRC)

Proposal for the first radio spectrum policy programme (COM(2010)471, 20.09.2010),http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52010PC0471:EN:NOT

Roaming RegulationDAE Target: Difference between roaming and national prices should approach zero by 2015

Measures proposed on 6 July 2011:

separate purchase of roaming services

MVNO access at regulated wholesale price

Safeguard caps for transitory period

Proposal for a regulation on roaming (COM(2011)402, 06.07.2011),http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0402:FIN:EN:PDF

Some pointers

The Digital Agenda for Europehttp://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

Neelie Kroes SpeechesStandards: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/300Spectrum: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/457Roaming: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/502Broadband: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/623

Post-2013 Research Green Paper & Public Consultationhttp://ec.europa.eu/research/csfri/index_en.cfm

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