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"Madam President, through the decision on European radio spectrum policy we are taking necessary and crucial steps to regain European global leadership regarding mobile telephones, with all the opportunities that provides for the European telecoms industry as well as for new services and new jobs and growth.
It is important to underline that this is what this decision is about: not only telecoms but also giving new dynamism to the European economy. I would like to thank the Commissioner, the Hungarian and Polish Presidencies and the shadow rapporteurs for the results.
For quite a long time, Europe had the leadership in mobile telecoms. It was a common European GSM standard together with European deregulation that paved the way for a dynamic European telecoms industry with new innovations, where new technolgies created growth and prosperity. We have lost that momentum and we can today see a new global economy with new actors – China, India – competing together with us and the US. We need to make the necessary efforts to lead new development not only because of the telecoms industry as such, but also because of the need to recover competitiveness.
At the same time, we have seen the demand for mobile data traffic really explode, and it will continue to increase extremely rapidly, with all the opportunities for new services. My ambition in the report on this decision was that, within a multi-annual spectrum programme, we should try to take the lead regarding this second wave of internet revolution which we are facing. I want us to lead the process of change and I want us to create the best opportunities in Europe regarding competitiveness and the use of telecoms opportunities.
To phrase it very simply: I want Europe to be number one, not number two, not number three and not number four. However, if we are to be number one, we must take the decisions which can make us number one. I am therefore very glad that we have been able to raise our ambitions in this process. Thanks to this decision we will free up the 800 MHz band from January 2013, which will provide European telecoms industries and new services with the capacity which is needed. With this decision we set the target of freeing up, no later than 2015, a total of 1 200 MHz for wireless services, which will assure that we can meet the increasing demands and be in the lead for quite a long time, offering the best possible capacities for European industries, be it the service sector or the telecoms industry as such.
We have also agreed that in 2015 the Commission will assess the need for a further freeing-up of frequencies in order to secure that we have the best opportunities. We have decided that we shall create a European inventory and assure that we have all the necessary opportunities for wi-fi in other areas.
So, all in all, Madam President, what we have before us is a decision which will provide us with opportunities not only to achieve leadership in telecoms but also to increase competitiveness and opportunities for new services. I thank you all for your cooperation and look forward to the debate here tonight and the decision tomorrow."@en1
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