Brussels, 19 May 2022 –Europe has set very ambitious connectivity targets and aims at connecting all Europeans to 5G and fibre networks by 2030. In order to achieve such targets, the EU must accelerate the pace of roll-out and ensure that enough financial resources are available for to the telecom sector to do so.
Brussels, 2 May 2022 – Today, tech giants do not contribute a fair share to the deployment of telecom networks, while generating network-related costs of tens of billion euros. This weakens Europe’s capacity to swiftly achieve connectivity targets. Addressing this through policy action could unlock socio-economic benefits for Europe, including €72bn GDP growth, an additional 840k jobs in 2025 and cuts to CO₂ emissions.
Brussels, 8 April 2022 – ETNO, the Association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, is proud to support today’s “Joint Statement by EU and Ukrainian Operators on connectivity in support of refugees from Ukraine”.
Brussels, 29.3.2022 – A group of CEOs from ETNO, the Association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, has met today with European Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager.
European telecom operators have rolled out voluntary measures to help Ukrainian refugees and expats in Europe. These include actions on free/reduced calls and SMSs in 31 countries, free/reduced outbound roaming in 29 countries and SIM cards for refugees in 21 countries.
Brussels, 9 March 2022 – ETNO, the Association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, welcomes the ministerial debate on the cyber-resilience of European communications networks promoted by the French Presidency of the Council and applauds the joint call to reinforce the EU’s cybersecurity capabilities signed in Nevers today.
8 March, 2022
By Lise Fuhr, Director General, ETNO
This year’s International Women’s day will be an important page in history books. With an ongoing pandemic and the war in Ukraine, its celebratory appetite has been lost. Nevertheless, we need to stay strong, united and constructive. We need to focus on positive steps in closing the European digital gap while paying homage to heroic women going through tough times.
Geneva, 2 March 2022 – ETNO, the Association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, is attending the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-20), a milestone event for the international telecommunications community.
Brussels, 28 February 2022 – Access to communications is most crucial during times of crisis. As the Ukrainian people endure their harshest proof, European telecommunication companies are rolling out measures to ease communications and support people in distress.
Brussels, 24 February 2022 – ETNO, the Association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, supports the objective of fostering data sharing in the single market that underlies the proposed Data Act regulation issued by the European Commission yesterday. Very-high-speed connectivity will enable the rapid growth of the Internet of Things, and new streams of data coming from millions of sensors connected over 5G will need to be exploited.
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