Digital strategy : Telecoms firms united on spectrum

Operators are « optimistic » about Oettinger’s position but unsure about Vestager’s intentions. Timmermans lies in wait

24 avril 2015 à 17h47

Numérique, Tech, Médias

Anne Bouverot, director-general of the global mobile operators' body GSM Association — GSMA

par Nathalie Steiwer

"We have met several vice-presidents and commissioners and are particularly pleased with their approaches to investment," assures Anne Bouverot, director-general of the global mobile operators' body GSM Association (GSMA), in an interview with Europolitics .

Operators seem to be enjoying a breath of fresh air two weeks ahead of publication of the future European digital strategy , announced by the European Commission for 6 May. "We have many reasons to be optimistic because the Commission seems to be planning to…

Timmermans and the 'big package'

Is the digital strategy bloated? Franz Timmermans, first vice-president of the European Commission, seems to think so. According to European sources, he is said to have called for a downsizing of this package that covers the entire digital economy, from e-commerce parcel delivery to e-energy, e-transport, further revision of VAT rules and the standardisation of big data.

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