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PRESS RELEASE
Telecommunications: Commission welcomes readiness of German regulator
for deeper analysis of the wholesale leased lines markets (8 November
2006)On 8 November, the German telecom regulator, Bundesnetzagentur
(BNetzA), informed the Commission that it will continue assessing the
German wholesale leased lines markets. BNetzA is therefore withdrawing
its earlier draft decision (see IP/06/1304). It now plans to seek
additional data and further analyse recent market developments, in
particular relating to new technologies for providing wholesale leased
lines in Germany.


PRESS RELEASE
"Regions For Economic Change" - European Commission strengthens exchange
of best practices in innovation among European regions (8 November
2006)The European Commission presented on 8 November plans to boost
innovation by bringing European regions together into strong
partnerships and to help them take advantage of experience and best
practice. This new initiative "Regions For Economic Change" was adopted
on 8 November by the Commission under the "Territorial Cooperation"
objective. It introduces new ways to dynamise regional and urban
networks to help them work closely with the Commission to have
innovative ideas tested and rapidly disseminated into the mainstream
programmes. An annual 'Regions For Economic Change' conference featuring
innovation awards is foreseen to coincide with the Spring European
Council to further enhance communication and dissemination of best
practice results in line with the EU agenda for growth and jobs.



EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Conference on Interoperability - Step by step to workable solutions
11 December 2006 - 12 December 2006 Utrecht, the NetherlandsThe main
topics that will be covered are:
How can industrial sectors achieve interoperability and reap the
benefits? How can they deal more innovatively with eBusiness
interoperability in practical and strategic terms? Learn from your
neighbour: best practice from around the world. What are the risks that
companies face, which are the challenges, how should they be solved ?
How can the CEN/ISSS European e-Business Interoperability Forum (eBIF)
contribute to achieve Interoperability ? Participation is free of
charge, but prior registration is required.






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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
DigiWorld Summit 2006
14 November 2006 - 16 November 2006 Montpellier, FranceIDATE's annual
International Conference provides an
opportunity to take stock of the changes in
the Mobile, Broadband and Media sectors. This year's
slogan of the conference is : "Shift to net-based competition".




EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
IPv6 Worldwide Summit
14 November 2006 - 15 November 2006 Cannes, FranceThe main theme of the
Summit will be the deployment and use of IPv6 technology. Keynote
speakers include officials from the European Commission, France, Japan,
Korea, Taiwan, North America, India and China. The participants of the
Summit will be able to dialogue with IPv6 equipment manufacturers,
application providers and system integrators. The event is organised by
the IPv6 Task Force France in cooperation with ETSI and EU-funded
projects GO4IT and EuroLabs. It is supported by IPv6 Forum, European
IPv6 Task Force and the French Ministry of Industry.





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