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Subject: Information Society Newsroom Update - 09/06/2004
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INFORMATION SOCIETY NEWSROOM UPDATE
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Telecoms Council (9 June 2004)
Background memo on the Telecoms Council of 10-11 June 2004 (Luxembourg)
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Mobile Communications & Technology Platform - 3rd CEO
meeting in Brussels on 9 June (9 June 2004)
This meeting between Commissioner Liikanen and CEOs of selected mobile operators, content providers and manufacturers explored the transition to mobile data services, looking particularly at questions relating to research, interoperability, content and a trusted and secure environment for the consumer. The wider mobile communications constituency will be consulted on these issues at a workshop to be held on Friday 11 June, the agenda for which will take the form of a questionnaire.
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*** 11 June 2004
Towards High Speed Mobile Data Services - EC-organised
workshop on developing the mobile communications sector
Brussels, Belgium
The purpose of this one-day workshop is to hear the views of the players in the European mobile communications sector on the key challenges and barriers to the rollout of networks and services, focusing in particular on the move from voice to data services. This will provide useful background to the Communication on the sector, which the European Commission will address to the Council and the European Parliament. The workshop will be introduced by Commissioner Erkki Liikanen. The workshop is primarily addressed to senior management (regulatory affairs, R&D, content managers, etc – as appropriate). Attendance is free of charge but prior registration is required.
*** 14 - 15 June 2004
European Biometrics Forum Conference 2004
Dublin, Ireland
The Irish Minister for Communications, Dermot Ahern in conjunction with the European Biometrics Forum (EBF) and the European Commission is to host a two-day Summit under the auspices of the Presidency on 14th – 15th June, in Dublin on biometric technology and its increasing impact on European citizens. The European Commission will be represented by Ján Figel', new Member of the European Commission and twinned with Erkki Liikanen in the area of enterprise and the information society.
*** 14 June 2004
Small Firms E-Colloquium
Birmingham, United Kingdom
The organisers invite original conceptual and empirical contributions on all issues relating to e-Commerce. The event forms part of the EDECAD project, an EU Asia ITC funded programme to study knowledge issues in small firms with accompanying sub-themes - eBusiness, eLearning, Digital Divide, e-women and other impacts.
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