ETNO CEO Statement on Achieving Europe’s Digital Single Market
13 oct, 2015
The CEOs of the companies in ETNO's Executive Board have today released the following statement: A sustained and pervasive digitalisation of the EU economy is...
ETNO CEO Statement on Achieving Europe’s Digital Single Market
13 oct, 2015
The CEOs of the companies in ETNO's Executive Board have today released the following statement: A sustained and pervasive digitalisation of the EU economy is...
How to connect the next 4 billion
09 oct, 2015
Those who are not connected today are lagging behind the velocity of our time. It is true that by the end 2015 we will get 3, 2 billion people, however we face the big challenge of connecting...
What if we apply Net neutrality rules to Healthcare Industry?
17 sep, 2015
If a “neutrality rule” was imposed in the healthcare industry, health insurance companies would not be allowed to distinguish among policyholders’ risk profiles. This could clearly increase...
May 2015 Digital Economy Reports
18 jun, 2015
Here we are again with the main reports published in May 2015 that seemed interesting for me concerning the digital economy and the main debated issues in the last months such as the EU...
What if we apply Neutrality rules to Electronic payment systems: Acquiring business?
18 jun, 2015
Today, we publish the fourth research and findings elaborated by Solchaga Recio & Associates on how Net Neutrality provisions could change our lives if applied in other industries...
Telecom CEOs' letter to Heads of State and Government ahead of the European Council of 25 June 2015
17 jun, 2015
Here is a copy of the letter that a group of Telecom CEOs addressed to the Heads of State and Government on 16 June 2015. ...
A consumer centric approach to reap benefits of Digital Economy
26 mar, 2015
The Group of the European People’s Party has taken a consumer centric approach in their position paper on the Digital Economy. The first assumption of their recently agreed strategy is that...
El Marco Civil de Internet está en proceso de reglamentación
20 mar, 2015
El conocido Marco Civil de Internet que nació con vocación de ser una “Constitución de Internet” por contemplar derechos ciudadanos de acceso y uso de la red está en proceso de reglamentación....
February 2015 Digital Economy Reports
18 mar, 2015
Here are the most relevant reports on Digital Economy issues published on February worldwide. This month, and due to the MWC, there is a strong mobile perspective. Have a look! ...
¿Qué pasaría si aplicáramos los principios de neutralidad a otros sectores?
17 mar, 2015
El actual debate sobre la regulación de la neutralidad de la red está siendo muy apasionante. En los EE.UU. el Presidente Obama ha convertido este asunto en uno de los pilares de su discurso en...
The role of prices in increasing social welfare
12 mar, 2015
Prices are a constant concern for policy-makers. Treasury Ministers and central bankers seem very concerned with deflation, because, according to them, low prices do not incentivize...
The IoT starts its way to Capitol Hill: a glimpse of this discussion
23 feb, 2015
Lawmakers and regulators in D.C. are focusing on the fast growing and soon ubiquitous space of the Internet of Things (IoT). Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,...
Q&A: Carlos López Blanco, Telefónica’s head of public and regulatory affairs
19 feb, 2015
Q YOU JOINED TELEFÓNICA IN 2007 – WHAT WAS YOUR CAREER PATH? A I’ve had a varied career – from being a civil servant in Spain as a state lawyer, I moved to the private sector in...
¿Sabes lo último sobre el "Derecho al Olvido" en Internet?
11 feb, 2015
La Audiencia Nacional ha resuelto recientemente los primeros casos en España en relación con el denominado Derecho al Olvido. Estas sentencias aplican y clarifican los criterios que fijó en...
Digital Economy Reports January 2015
09 feb, 2015
This New Year has begun with lots of interesting readings, from the reports published around the Davos summit to the 2015 trends and predictions for our sector and many others about IoTs policies,...
Álvarez-Pallete: "Necesitamos nuevos modelos de pensamiento, valores y reglas para el mundo digital,...
04 feb, 2015
En una entrevista a fondo con José Mª Álvarez-Pallete , la revista Valores 16 hace un detallado repaso por su curriculum, trayectoria, perfil profesional y por el “pensamiento” del consejero...
Net Neutrality is all about the user experience
30 ene, 2015
We Agree: Net Neutrality principles should focus on giving users an open, unrestricted and non-discriminative access to Internet content, applications and services of their choice. It is all...
Net Neutrality violations in Europe are “speculative and overblown” says new expert report for Europ...
19 ene, 2015
Before Christmas the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection –the IMCO Committee – presented a little surprise: a new study it had commissioned (...
Facebook/Whatsapp: Competition analysis in the new Digital Economy
15 ene, 2015
Last 3th of October the European Commission unconditionally approved in Phase 1 the purchase of WhatsApp by Facebook. Firstly, it is surprising that a...
What innovation will bring us in 2015
08 ene, 2015
by David del Val CEO , Telefonica I+D One of the characteristics of modern innovation is its recombinant character. The term comes after the paper of the economist Martin Weitzman...