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Analyst Angle: US and China lead while regulation and competition policy impede Europe in 5G

US, China, Japan and Korea are seizing global leadership in 5G with support of coherent and helpful industrial policies in those nations across the entire mobile ecosystem including technology development, spectrum licensing, site acquisition and operator consolidation. All these nations will launch 3GPP standard-compliant...

EC offers cities Wi-Fi vouchers in €120m drive for free public internet access

The European Commission (EC) is inviting municipal authorities to apply for €15,000 vouchers to finance Wi-Fi equipment and installation in public spaces. Vouchers worth €17.75 million in total will be made available to 1,183 municipalities in European Union (EU) member states in the next...

AI and blockchain underpin new EU proclamations on digital single market

The European Commission (EC) is set to re-tool its agenda for a digital single market with new focus on artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and digital healthcare technologies. Tomorrow (April 10), the Brussels-based government will convene with ministers, business leaders, academics and others from European Union...

EMEA: EU lays out plans for digital single market

The European Commission unveiled plans  on May 6 to create a single market for digital technologies across the 28-member European Union. The plan, which took six months to develop, is comprised of 16 initiatives organized around three goals: to create better access for consumers...

EMEA: Denmark named most digital country in EU; Romania the least

A new European Commission digital study showed growing Internet use in Europe, but also highlighted a deep geographical divide across the continent. Northern European countries led the rankings in the new Digital Economy and Society Index, which was presented this week in Brussels. Denmark topped the list,...

EMEA: EU Digital Single Market strategy may include tax on U.S. Internet giants

European Commissioners in charge of developing the Digital Single Market have been discussing some of their plans this week, including taxing U.S. tech companies like Google. Guenther Oettinger, the commissioner for digital economy and society, fears that Europe is currently the "loser" in the ICT field. He touted investment and research...