Meeting for the first time on Tuesday, a new Task Force – launched by the European Commission – began its drive to tackle barriers to competition in the ICT sector.
The meeting kicked off a planned 5-month debate on challenges to ICT producers and users, in particular on the challenges and opportunities created by the convergence of digital networks, content and devices.
The task force aims to identify major obstacles for competitiveness of Europe’s ICT industry and for the completion of the internal market for this sector, and to recommend possible policy responses. It will deliver its report to the Commission by the end of the year.
The ICT Task Force is composed of high-level representatives of the ICT industry and of civil society.
Vice-President Günter Verheugen, the Commissioner responsible for enterprise and industrial policy, explained that:
“This Task Force should provide us with new ideas and coherent recommendations to promote the competitiveness of the Europe’s ICT industry. This is an important element of our new industrial policy.”
The ICT Task Force will address the following topics over the coming months:
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