Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-13-Speech-2-176"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Electronic communications and associated services2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000613.14.2-176"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-13-Speech-2-1772
lpv:speaker	lp:Reino Paasilinna2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I think convergence is a generic term to describe this battlefield of companies, some colossal, some small, where more money actually now circulates than anywhere else. If we study this issue horizontally, first there is the production of content, then the transmission systems and associated services, which are dealt with in Mr van Velzen’s report, and then comes the terminal equipment: televisions, telephones and computers. These are manufactured by companies whose methods and staff have encroached on each other’s territories, and this causes the confusion, although there is also new business, which is the issue here. We need an analysis of the situation as a whole from the Commission. I, too, believe that we can expect one, as the Commissioner has looked long and hard at the matter. The large converged monopolies are becoming a problem for us Europeans since they often make mutual agreements on regulations to control the market and thus stifle free competition, i.e. as we deregulate here, they re-regulate: they make new regulations, and this balance – as I understood Mr van Velzen to say – is very important. In my opinion, the digital divide has already happened. It is just a question of how to get rid of it, as this equipment and hardware is so expensive that the only people to possess it are those who can afford to use it in converged form. Then there is the universal service, about which my learned colleague, Mr Harbour, spoke. Perhaps there is no need to define it, but it should be returned to, as this concept is constantly evolving. We are always having to return to the matter of the universal service, as it must be made available. It may involve, for example, hospital services, consultation services, and other important services of this type. I agree with Mary Read that UMTS should have been included here, as they provide everything we can get from elsewhere – perhaps they were omitted for reasons of economy. I want to say one last word on spectrum auctions. They are causing Europe to lag behind America, and this to me is a serious issue, this process that works against an Europe."@en1
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