Articles tagged with: Digital Dividend and European Commission

Consultation on Pan-European Policy for the Digital Dividend

The change from analogue to digital TV in Europe will free up radio frequencies for use by new services. The EU is well placed to benefit from this "digital dividend": Germany, Finland, Luxembourg, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders) and major areas in Austria have already switched off analogue terrestrial TV transmissions, and other EU countries will follow by 2012 . On 12 June, the USA also switched to digital TV transmissions.  more

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Making Use of Europe's Digital Dividend now to Counter the Economic Downturn

Following a meeting with Dániel Pataki, Head of the Hungarian Regulatory Authority and Chairman of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) - an advisory group on radio spectrum set up by the Commission in 2002, The EU's Commissioner Reding has stressed the importance of the "digital dividend" for stimulating growth and competition on Europe's telecoms markets.  more

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Digital dividend - France is paving the way for harmonised decisions across Europe

The French Government this week announced its decision to share 'digital-dividendÃ' spectrum between both electronic communications and audiovisual services, following the recommendation of the Digital Dividend Parliamentary Commission published in July 2008. Analysts from Analysys Mason believes that this decision represents an important contribution to achieving a critical mass of users of mobile broadband services. If similar actions are undertaken by other Member States, it will also be a key step in reaching fully harmonised decisions across the EU.  more

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EU Economy Set for €95 Boost if TV Spectrum Used for Mobile Broadband

The European economy would receive a financial boost of at least €95 billion over the next 20 years if one quarter of the UHF band were instead allocated for mobile broadband services, a new independent study shows today.  more

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