Public Policy Blog

After having launched almost a year ago the Digital Agenda for Europe , one of the seven flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 Strategy and a roadmap for the increased usage of ICT services in Europe, the European Commission is organising the first Digital Agenda Assembly for the next 16-17 of June in Brussels.

In the recent General Assembly of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Mr Luis Jorge Romero has been elected new Director General, for a 5 year term starting July 2011 ETSI is recognised as an official European Standards Organisation by the European Union and produces globally applicable standards for Information & Communications Technologies including fixed, [...]

I recently sat down for a chat with Robert Mourik, Telefónica’s Director for Regulatory Policy Europe, to talk about the issue of international roaming. Here is a transcript of the interview…

Frederick de Backer, Manager of Regulatory Affairs at the Permanent Representation Office of Telefónica in Brussels, tells us about innovation in different regions of the world and how they could serve as models of innovation for Europe.