Public Policy Blog

On next Thursday 10th of May the Internet Governance Forum Spain will meet in Madrid for its 2nd Annual Conference.

On 26th March the director of Telefónica’s International Office, Carlos Lopez Blanco, spoke at an evening debate about data privacy. In discussion with Viviane Reding, European commissioner for justice, fundamental rights and citizenship, Sophie in ’t Veld, Dutch MEP vice-chairwoman of the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee, Peter Hustinx, the EU’s data protection supervisor and [...]

As you all know, the review of the ITRs is a key issue in the ICT policy agenda for 2012 and highly debated in the international arena. Therefore, the association of the European Telecommunication Network Operators (ETNO), in co-operation with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), have announced a workshop entitled ‘Revising the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) – Preparations for WCIT 2012’ that will gather a range of high level speakers from across the globe, including speakers from the ITU, ISOC, the Council of Europe, the European Commission, USA and Telefónica, between others.

As indicated in a previous post, we were attending this meeting so here is a brief overview of the main discussions there. This meeting, opened by President Chinchilla of Costa Rica, attracted almost 1400 delegates from all parts of the world, being one of the most attended ever. The main topics discussed in Costa Rica [...]

The European Data Protection Supervisor has recently published his Opinion on the EC proposals for review of the Data Protection legal framework, welcoming the proposed Regulation but saying that ‘we are still far from a comprehensive set of data protection rules on national and EU level in all areas of EU policy’. Telefónica also welcomes [...]

After having announced the launching of “Telefónica Think Big”, Telefónica continues its bet on the future bringing now the Wayra initiative to Europe. Telefónica will be inaugurating in London the Wayra program, the catalyst for technology projects that the company unveiled about a year ago and which is already successfully operating in Spain (Madrid and [...]

This month, we celebrate our 1rst Public Policy Blog Anniversary! It is a pleasure to have shared these last twelve month with all of you and to celebrate today our one year milestone. ICT world policy is currently crossing an interesting moment with all the challenges to build a successful and Sustainable future that puts [...]

Next week, from 27 February to 29 February, the GSMA will host more than 140 delegations from governments and international organisations at the Ministerial Programme, part of Mobile World Congress 2012. Now in its eighth year, the Ministerial Programme aims to provide a platform for high-level dialogue between governments, regulators and the leaders of the [...]

This evening, Fundación Telefónica will present the “ICTs and the Finacial Sector of the Future” report, which analyses innovation in the financial sector. What is the relationship between ICTs and the Spanish financial sector? The Spanish financial sector has been one of the pioneers in bringing ICTs into its productive model, an effort that has [...]

7th February, a day celebrated by more than 70 countries around the world as Safer Internet Day, marks the official launch of the eSafety Label. The eSafety Label is an online safety support and accreditation system that will bring schools across Europe together in a learning and resource exchange community to tackle the many challenges they [...]