International Telecom

摘要

Cybersecurity, rollout of high-speed broadband networks and e-identification services top the listrnof telecom priorities for the Greek EU Presidency, whose six-month term began Jan. 1, Greece said in arnwork program. Greece will push to promote measures needed to establish a single digital market, it said.rnIt will promote European Commission plans for cross-border and cross-sector laws that enable safe, reliablernand user-friendly electronic transactions, and measures to cut the costs of deploying high-speed networks,rnit said. It also plans to work on ensuring a high level of network and information security acrossrnthe EU, it said. The Greek government will “strive to promote” the EC proposal for a single telecom market,rnit said. Its program also includes work on making public entities' websites accessible, and reviewingrnEurope's digital agenda, it said. The presidency will help define the EU position for the ITU World TelecommunicationrnDevelopment Conference, it said. On satellite issues, it will stress international relationsrnand common minimum standards on rules for access to the public regulated service provided by the globalrnnavigation satellite system, it said. On digital content issues, the presidency aims to finalize proceduresrnrequired for approval of legislation on collective rights management before European Parliament electionsrnin May, said Maria Sinanidou, communications officer for copyright issues. It will also look at the future of copyright and the digital agenda, with a June 6 conference in Athens on current rules and future challenges,rnshe said. Participants will consider how to make content accessible in a digital single market;rnhow to deal with limitations and exceptions to copyright in the digital age and enforcement on the Internet;rnand future policy recommendations, the conference program said. — DS