ECID training session Mechelen. September 27th,

2011

ICT regulatory issues

in the EU

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ICT Regulatory framework

Economy and employment

Health and sustainability

Social aspects

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Digital agenda for Europe

Adopted Q2 2010

Targets:

Basic hi-speed for all European citizen in 2013

30 Mb for all in 2020

100 Mb for 50% of European citizen in 2020

Adobe Acrobat Document

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Economic aspects (1)

Lack of investment in networks

Need strong push. Who will pay: public, private, mix?

Lack of interoperability /Fragmented markets

Frequency allocation: national or EU level?

Digital dividend

Unbalance between Customer and Producer. Liberal dogma of low price due to competition. Risk for employment, trade balance, technological independance,

network security

Need a European industrial policy: remember GSM

ICT and employment: lack of E-skills?

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Changes along the value chain

What is behing net neutrality?

USA dominate the contents field: Google, Facebook, Amazone, E-Bay, You Tube...

Network operators => contents producers

Equipment manufacturers => network operators

The economy of managed services. Winners and losers

Cloud computing, the new frontier

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Health and sustainability

ICT, a key to green economy:

less power consumptionsmart grids

less transport, transport control

ICT and power greed

Green garbage is gold?

Health aspects: the risks of mobile frequencies.

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Social aspects

E-exclusion E-inclusion

Cybercriminality, low trust E-commerce

Copyrights piracy Access to knowledge for all

State control Freedom

Data privacy

Thank you!