Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-02-11-Speech-2-313"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-02-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Information Society eEUROPE 20052
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030211.12.2-313"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-02-11-Speech-2-3142
lpv:speaker	lp:Marjo Matikainen-kallström2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Kansallinen Kokoomus (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, when speaking of the information society we should remember that a large-scale reform of communications market law has just been undertaken with new legislative norms being created for the telecommunications and other network business. The Member States are just now putting the package into effect. This debate cannot be allowed to distort the picture of telecommunications legislation, which would only cause uncertainty for investment in third generation mobile communications. We must help the troubled third generation mobile communications business, not restrain it. The GSM communications business, which has grown considerably in five years, is the cornerstone of our competitiveness and virtually the only thing driving the Lisbon strategy along. Following the disaster over the financial exploitation of third generation mobile communications we have to show we are jointly responsible. The mobile phone industry is a major employer representing the cutting edge of innovation. There has to be a new upswing in the sector; otherwise, the Japanese will leave us behind once and for all. I made a point of investigating the claim regarding an increase in brain cancers in Finland since the 1990s. Whilst the base station network has grown phenomenally, the figures for cancer in Finland have fallen radically. It is hard to sell dull facts to the public. In the EU we have prescribed exact limits for radiation which are lower than WHO standards. There is more radiation from microwave ovens than there is from base stations. The values for Spanish operators are as little as one two-hundredth of the safe limit values. However, it is easier to claim that mobile phones melt our brains. Public documents must be made available in electronic form. Basic information must be free of charge. An authority may make a charge to cover its costs, but it is unnecessary to ask for additional payment. The Member States must be responsible for seeing to it that the public institutions have sufficient resources available to them. Finally, I would like to express my sincerest thanks to the rapporteurs."@en1

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