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Digital economy can lift Europe out of crisis, says Commission report
(4 August 2009) The European Commission’s Digital Competitiveness report published today shows that Europe’s digital sector has made strong progress since 2005: 56% of Europeans now regularly use the internet, 80% of them via a high-speed connection (compared to only one third in 2004), making Europe the world leader in broadband internet. Europe is the world’s first truly mobile continent with more mobile subscribers than citizens (a take up rate of 119%). Europe can advance even further as a generation of «digitally savvy» young Europeans becomes a strong market driver for growth and innovation. Building on the potential of the digital economy is essential for Europe’s sustainable recovery from the economic crisis. Today the Commission has asked the public what future strategy the EU should adopt to make the digital economy run at full speed.
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Public consultation on post-i2010: priorities for new strategy for European information society (2010-2015)
(4 August 2009) The objective of the consultation is to help prepare a new EU strategy for the information society, as the current i2010 strategy is coming to a close this year. All citizens and organisations are welcome to contribute to this consultation. Closing date of the consultation is 9 October 2009. Please note that you are not obliged to answer all questions; you may focus on the areas of interest to you. You can write your replies in any of the official EU languages.
Contact: INFSO-Post-i2010@ec.europa.eu
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Telecoms: Commission comments on the proposal of the British national telecoms regulator concerning retail leased lines
(5 August 2009) What is this case about? What has the Commission said in its letter sent today? What does the British telecoms regulator have to do now?
Community consultation procedures: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/implementation_enforcement/article_7/index_en.htm
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CALL FOR TENDERS
Study Quality of Broadband services in the EU
(Deadline: 21/08/2009) This study will look at the effective speed of the retail broadband services by measuring a number of key performance indicators such as http download speed, ping performance, DNS lookup time and packet loss. Ratios on advertised versus effective speed, effective speeds by operators and differences between rural and urban areas will be measured. The overall objective is to assess the effective quality of the broadband market for end users.
Contact: Infso-i2010@ec.europa.eu
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Reminder: Study internal market for inclusive and assistive ICT, targeted market analysis and legislative aspects
(Deadline: 21/08/2009) The study aims at deepening the knowledge of the inclusive and assistive ICT market mechanisms and barriers and to propose ways to overcome these barriers. This will support European policy goals on e-inclusion, in particular to promote e-accessibility in line with the recent Communication of the European Commission COM(2008) 804 ‘towards an accessible information society’. This Communication recalls that the Commission has been actively supporting the Assistive Technology (AT) area, notably through numerous European research projects. Objectives: Gather representative evidence on the market for AT products and services in Europe, including market mechanisms; Analyse barriers and opportunities in relation to social and economic impact associated with the use of AT, including the impact for users, the AT-industry and administration; Propose recommendations for improvement, building on the advice of experts and relevant stakeholders.
Contact: EINCLUSION-TENDERS@ec.europa.eu
FAQ section: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/einclusion/call/call_at_09/faq/index_en.htm
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Reminder: Study on economic assessment for improving e- Accessibility services and products
(Deadline: 21/08/2009) The study will: Identify key issues for improving accessibility of mainstream ICT, with a special focus on web accessibility, and gather relevant evidence on cost and benefits in terms of socio-economic impact; Develop and apply a methodological approach for estimating the costs and benefits to improve accessibility of mainstream ICT (a special focus shall be given to web accessibility and the impact from implementing modern guidelines, notably the WCAG 2.0 of the W3C); Propose recommendations for improving accessibility of mainstream ICT with a view to maximise benefits while keeping costs under control.
Contact: EINCLUSION-TENDERS@ec.europa.eu
FAQ section: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/einclusion/call/call_access_09/faq/index_en.htm
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