Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-03-Speech-4-037"
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"en.20010503.3.4-037"2
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"Mr President, I fully support legislation to upgrade the quality and standard of telecommunication infrastructures within the European Union. The changing nature of work today entails a knowledge of, and access to, new modern telecommunication facilities. However, any changes to our telecommunication infrastructures must be fair and balanced. It is imperative that new entrants to the marketplace are not permitted to cherrypick the larger and more lucrative urban areas for the use of these important new technologies.
There must be a strong commitment by all governments to ensure that equivalent telecommunications are provided in both urban and particularly rural areas. This commitment to universal access for urban and rural areas must be intrinsically included in policies pursued by various telecom regulators operating in the marketplace. New technology can contribute enormously to the implementation of effective rural development policy, and it will be a key factor in the creation of vital new employment in rural areas and in addressing the problem of the urban/rural imbalance which is a priority issue for this Parliament.
I welcome in particular the work of European Commissioner for Consumer Protection, David Byrne, in devising new mechanisms to govern consumer protection rights for people who enter into contracts over the Internet. Electronic business is now one of the more significant drivers of both successful business development and national economic development. It provides a fundamental new way of conducting commercial transactions and has far-reaching economic and social implications."@en1
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