Press release 📰 Break with Ideas of Past and Build #DigitalNetworksAct on Sound Principles, Coalition Urges New EU #Tech Chief
"@HennaVirkkunen has a chance to lead with fresh thinking, rather than propping up #telecom operators."
👉 https://t.co/sysNe5f6Fb #TechLeadership
We’re in #Strasbourg this week to meet with the new European Parliament and advocate for better EU #digital policies.
🚀 With #Draghi in town, now’s the perfect time to discuss boosting #EUcompetitiveness.
Or back to old habits? 👉 Read more: https://t.co/AM1JHajLIW #EPlenary
Europe can meet its 2030 #DigitalDecade targets, provided that the @EU_Commission:
1️⃣ Adopts technological #neutrality
2️⃣ Focuses on #consumer demand
3️⃣ Abandons problematic ideas, such as #NetworkFees and extension of #telecom rules to others
👉 https://t.co/Wkx4wRvmpg
Does Europe really need to subsidize Big #Telcos to reach its 2030 #DigitalDecade targets?
💬 Next week, #TTE Ministers "shouldn't be fooled by #FairShare complaints of a few #telco CEOs who seem to be pining for the greater profits of years past."
📝 https://t.co/tZ7C4ADp5R
🎂On the 1st anniversary of the #DSA, read my take on its implementation 👇
TL;DR: Companies need clear guidance and predictability to comply. @DigitalEU can you help?
👏 Incredible to hear about the engaging discussion led by Mr. Lechler at @IComEurope on the future of the Electronic Communications sector! Kudos to all the panelists and attendees for their valuable contributions. Thanks for having @euroconsumers#DigitalEU#Innovation
Press release 📑 #NetworkFees: Coalition Calls on EU Ministers To Reject Big #Telco Demands
"Telecom Ministers #TTE need to make it crystal clear to the @EU_Commission that these misguided '#FairShare' ideas should be rejected once and for all."
👉 https://t.co/3Z7f5guOL9
#netneutrality: EU telecoms’ newest proposal to force websites to pay them is just as terrible as their previous one.
Here’s why: https://t.co/3t3ygqX1iA #networkfees
Today 🇪🇺 labour ministers will try to agree their position on the long-debated Platform Work Directive (PWD).
The #PWD could reclassify hundreds of thousands of independent contractors as employees. 🗣️ We spoke to some platform workers, and here’s what they think.
1/5 🧵
New post by @CCIAeurope Policy Advisor @MTStecher explains how proposed rules in the EU Platform Work Directive risk impacting the livelihoods of millions of European platform workers.
https://t.co/kD2kERy7sC
Thanks to everyone who joined our Tapas and Tech reception last night!
Special thanks to Carlos Romero Dupla (@UeEspana) for his insights on the 🇪🇸🇪🇺 Presidency’s #tech priorities and our co-host @adigital_org.
👇 Discover our #EU2023ES recommendations:
https://t.co/opl6w9jTrJ
The Commission is evaluating a proposal by Europe's biggest telecoms to force websites to pay ISPs. The US joins Europe's top telecom regulator in rejecting the proposal, along with startups, NGOs, broadcasters, academics, internet watchdogs & many others. https://t.co/gR0bbGyjMU
The @EU_Commission’s exploratory consultation on telcos’ #FairShare demands closed last Friday.
It's clear that most stakeholders – NGOs, media, academics, regulators, and others – are united in their opposition to #NetworkFees.
👇 Here's what they told the Commission 🧵 1/11
📢 13 organisations call on the 🇪🇺 institutions and national governments to firmly reject ⛔ the "sovereignty requirements" in the draft EU #Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for #Cloud Services, and to swiftly adopt a non-discriminatory #EUCS.
👉 https://t.co/CJFCT2YSk4
Last week’s @commercedems Subcommittee hearing on the state of the Universal Service Fund raised questions about the effectiveness of network usage fees.
How would this harmful revenue-extractive mechanism hurt small businesses & startups?
Learn more: https://t.co/mBU0RPGhJS