11,206 Digital Agenda for Europe Newsroom Update Weekly, 26/07/2013

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Commission suspends Austrian regulator’s proposal on broadband wholesale pricing
(26 July 2013) The European Commission has suspended a proposal from the Austrian telecoms regulator (TKK) for calculating regulated fees which the dominant operator,Telekom Austria, can charge other operators to use its broadband infrastructure. The Commission is concerned that TKK’s approach may not be compatible with EU telecoms rules as it threatens to impede efficient investment in broadband, and could also create artificial barriers in the internal market.

PRESS RELEASE
Connected continent? Three-quarters have no 4G access!
(25 July 2013) As European holidaymakers head to the beach and mountains for their ritual summer holidays, new figures show virtually none of them will have 4G access when they arrive. Three out of every four people living in the EU cannot access 4G/LTE mobile connections in their hometowns, and virtually no rural area has 4G. In the United States over 90% of people have 4G access.

PRESS RELEASE
Europe suffering because most Member States are too slow delivering 4G mobile broadband spectrum
(23 July 2013) Member States have provided further evidence of why radio spectrum needs to be assigned with greater co-ordination across the European Union.

NEWS ARTICLE
ICT2013 Conference programme
(24 July 2013) The conference will feature top ICT professionals from industry, academia, research. The Vice President of the European Commission, Neelie Kroes and the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaite will open the conference. Speakers from across the ICT sector will address a range of issues from cloud computing, broadband, ICT infrastructures, ICT skills, cyber security, long term visions on the future and much more. Experts will present details on how to participate in the next EU’s Research Programme – Horizon 2020. Three thematic plenaries and three parts focusing on different themes of ICT research: ICT for Excellent science; ICT for Industrial Leadership;        ICT for Societal challenges.

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