12,335 Digital Agenda for Europe, Newsletter – 20 March 2015

Octavio Islas. Fundador de la revista científica Razón y Palabra.
European Commission Digital Agenda for Europe
Newsletter – 20 March 2015
In this issue – March 2015
Digibytes
31 cities agree to use EU-funded open innovation platform for better smart cities’ services
At CEBIT 31 cities from the EU and Brazil presented their deal to improve smart cities’ services using an EU-funded open source platform.
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Want to win EUR 500,000? EU Horizon Prizes to reward researchers who break optical transmission barriers or find new ways of radio spectrum sharing
The European Commission has launched two Horizon Prizes to reward innovators who find groundbreaking solutions in digital technologies. Two prizes of EUR 500,000 are on offer for breaking the optical transmission barriers and collaborative spectrum sharing, through the EU’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
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Latest news
NEWS ARTICLE — 19 March 2015
European Coding Initiative launches new website: All you need is {C<3DE}
Do you want to learn how to code? Do you want to teach coding in a fun way to kids? Check out this new all you need is {C<3DE} website!
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NEWS ARTICLE — 17 March 2015
European Commission started another investigation over German attempt to introduce fixed termination rates contrary to EU telecom rules
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation over the German telecoms regulator (BNetzA) pricing of fixed termination rates (FTRs) for the alternative operators. According to the Commission, the German proposal does not follow the EU recommended approach for the calculation of FTRs, which leads to competition and consumer harm.
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NEWS ARTICLE — 20 March 2015
Driving innovation in Internet of Things – Blog post by Benjamin Mandler
The COMPOSE project created an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that makes it easy for a developer to design and deploy his IoT application.
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NEWS ARTICLE — 20 March 2015
Innovation in Active and Healthy Ageing: The Smart Health experience in the Noord Brabant area – blog post by Marielle Swinkels
Last 9 and 10 March representatives from the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant, one of the reference sites of the European Innovation Partnership on Active & Healthy Ageing, took part in the European Summit on Innovation for Active and Healthy Ageing.
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Calendar
EVENT — 25 – 26 March 2015 – Brussels, Belgium
Net Futures 2015
The conference aims to maximise the competitiveness of the European technology industry.
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Contact : Net futures conference
cnect-net-futures-conference@ec.europa.eu
EVENT — 23 – 29 March 2015
Get Online Week
The European Get Online Week is an annual digital empowerment campaign that engages and empowers people to use technology and the Internet with confidence and skills that allow them to benefit of the world of online opportunities.
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Consultations
CONSULTATION — 17 – 25 March 2015
Data for policy: when the haystack is made of needles. A call for contributions
The European Commission has launched a study on ‘Data for policy: big data and other innovative data-driven approaches for evidence-informed policymaking’. Contribute to the collective reflection by sharing with us good practices and examples you have from other public administrations.
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See also : Data for Policy website
Contact : Diana Vlad-Calcic
diana.vlad-calcic@ec.europa.eu

Research news and results
PROJECTS NEWS AND RESULTS — 20 March 2015
COMPOSE: The market place of the Internet of Things
A consortium of EU researchers, software developers and standardisation bodies is creating a new business ecosystem to unleash the power of the Internet of Things for every type of user – from shoppers and motorists to holidaymakers and sports enthusiasts.
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Publications
FACTSHEET — 16 March 2015
National eGovernment factsheets of 34 countries
The European Commission has just published the 2015 version of the eGovernment factsheets for each of the 28 Member States of the EU and for some further six countries. The factsheets provide a comprehensive overview of the e-Government activities of a given country. They can also support the comparison between countries.
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See also : eGov Factsheets 2015
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Publicado por Octavio Islas. Fundador de la revista científica Razón y Palabra.

Doctor en Ciencias Sociales.

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