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Press release: Joint statement by ETNO and GSMA

EP Committee vote on the Radio Spectrum Policy Programme: The swift opening of the digital dividend for mobile services is key for the success of the Digital Agenda for Europe – In view of the vote on the report by the rapporteur MEP Günnar Hökmark, in the EP Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, ETNO and GSMA would like to reiterate the key importance of spectrum to bridge the digital divide and achieve the objectives of the Digital Agenda.

Press release: Pricing of wholesale access products needs to be aligned with European Digital Agenda 2020 universal broadband goals

Pricing of copper-based wholesale access products will have a direct impact on the business case for NGA, finds the new report by Plum Consulting on “Costing methodology and the transition to next generation access” presented today at an ETNO Expert Workshop on Price Regulation and Costing Methodology in the transition from copper to next generation access.

Press release: Review of Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive: Proposed changes to the IPR enforcement regime for the online market are premature and new business models need to be adopted

The existing framework provides sound and balanced rules and there is no evidence of the need to change the current provisions to enforce Intellectual Property Rights, says ETNO in its response to the EC public consultation on a possible revision of the IPR Enforcement Directive which ended on 31 March. The recent implementation of the directive in the member states and the lack of complete information about its functioning make the revision of the directive premature.

Press release: Intellectual Property Rights

ETNO jointly with Cable Europe, ECTA, EuroISPA and GSMA Europe call on President Barroso in a joint declaration for clear and future-proof IPR rules for Europe to fully realise the potential benefits of e-commerce and ICT. Read more

Press release: DATA PROTECTION: ETNO welcomes Commissioner Reding’s push for more transparency for consumers and for same rules to apply to all actors processing personal data

Data Protection is a Fundamental Right of citizens that should be fully respected by all providers of services targeted at EU citizens, regardless of where the data is processed, recalled ETNO on the occasion of a meeting today of its Executive Board with Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship.

Press release: Joint Industry Statement: Review of EU legal framework for data protection

Europe’s electronic communications operators call for a user-centric privacy framework that supports innovation: Europe’s leading fixed and mobile e-communications operators advocate for data protection rules to be flexible, technologically neutral and horizontally apply to all economic sectors and actors offering online services to EU citizens.

Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050

EU Roadmap for moving to a competitve low carbon economy in 2050: the potential of the ICT sector must be fully exploited.The potential of the ICT sector to assist in achieving CO2 emissions reductions throughout the economy must be fully exploited