Robert Madelin, DG CONNECT, on Broadband and Making Europeans Digital
ETNO Video - Statement of Malcolm Johnson, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
Robert Madelin on Cloud Computing & the 'new' DG CONNECT
Georg Serentschy, BEREC Chair, on Regulation & Investment in the European Telecoms IndustryTo round up the Special Feature Week on the 2nd Digital Agenda Assembly (21 + 22 June) Jennifer Baker met with Robert Madelin, Director General DG CONNECT, to discuss Broadband Infrastructure in the European Union.
“I believe that it is true that vibrant competition in the market is an insufficient condition for investments” says Robert Madelin.
Debate on competition law and standard-essential patents with Amelia Andersdotter MEP (Pirate party) and leading lawyers Thomas Graf (Partner Cleary Gottlieb ) and Claudia Tapia Garcia (Director, IP Policy at BlackBerry).
Brussels Briefing ICT: Google antitrust investigation, Data protection & Telecoms retail market
“It makes it easier for the European businesses to do a cross-boarder business but it also means we can put pressure on the Americans.”
Helmut Weixler, Greens Group, on the European Commission’s proposal to cut the costs of broadband roll-out.
“We so far relied on the principle of transparency: telecom operators needing to share what their practices are.”
Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen discusses a European Commission proposal to cut the costs of broadband roll-out in the EU.
“What I did not appreciate is that at the drafting stage, that is before the official legislative proposals were submitted to the European Parliament, the US Mission has been involved in drafting.”
Brussels Briefing ICT; Data Protection, Women & ICT, Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs and the Cloud Computing Strategy.
Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, European Commission Spokeswoman, discusses the Grand Coalition for Digital Job Creation.
Brussels Briefing ICT: Google antitrust investigation, Data protection & Telecoms retail market
