European Commission is moving ahead with โAI Factoriesโ
The European Commission has started moving ahead with efforts to facilitate data centres for artificial intelligence (AI), needed to boost the EUโs competitiveness globally. ย
2030 Digital Decade Targets
As Germany struggles to improve economy, it decided to go on a Gigabit offensive
The German government is going on a telecom spending spree with a new telecom law, seemingly against industry stakeholders’ views and its own decision to tighten the purse strings.
Member states falling short of Digital Decade goals, shows latest European Commission report
The EU is falling short of meeting its 2030 digital targets, particularly in connectivity and digital skills, states the European Commission’s latest report on the State of the Digital Decade, released Tuesday (2 July).
EU Parliament overwhelmingly approves key telecoms regulation: price reductions down the road
The European Parliament approved on Tuesday (23 April) the EUโs broadband act, the Gigabit Infrastructure Act (GIA), which aims to accelerate the deployment of high-capacity networks and reduce prices for consumers
EUโs telecom regulatory body needs to change, says Commissionโs director Kloc
The role of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications needs to change, given the expanding regulatory scope of its members in broader ecosystems, said Kamila Kloc in an interview with Euractiv.
Implementing tech rulebooks should be top digital policy priority, EU countries urge
A document sent by the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council to the EU delegations on the future of the bloc’s digital policy, dated 19 February and seen by Euractiv, argued that the implementation of already-adopted regulations should be prioritised ov…
EU policymakers clinch toward agreement on broadband law
Ahead of the third political inter-institutional negotiation on 5 February on an EU regulation to speed up 5G and fiber roll out, co-legislators are dedicated to find compromises on the most political topics: the tacit approval principle and intra-EU c…
Ethical AI can support digital education, says Commissionโs director
โEthical and non-discriminatoryโ artificial intelligence can support personalisation in digital education, a senior European Commission official told Euractiv in an interview, reflecting on the 2023โs edition of the DigiEduHack annual event.
Telecoms: Commission mulls market deregulation, infrastructure resilience, spectrum governance
According to information gathered by Euractiv, the draft proposal of the Commission’s long-awaited telecom white paper could including market deregulation, cloudification, infrastructure resilience and spectrum.
EUโs Digital Decade: Europeโs big ideas mean nothing if they are poorly executed
The EU’s ‘Digital Decade’ย facesย challenges, including public sector delays, market overheating, and an additional price tag of at least โฌ250 billion, which may hinder reform success across Europe. A more realistic and critical approac…
EU Digital Decade report shows gaps in digitalisation plans
The first report on the state of the Digital Decade was published on Wednesday (27 September), with key findings laying bare gaps in 5G network coverage and questions about the use of artificial intelligence by businesses. The EU’s objectives for…