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Submitted by s.parker on June 14, 2016
GSMA MOBILE 360 EUROPE - today 14 June 2016, Belgium: Mats Granryd, director general of GSMA announced: "Europe has the opportunity to regain its digital leadership, although the different national regulatory and legal environments across the continent present challenges for participants".
“We have a unique opportunity to regain the industry leadership. With 5G and IoT around the corner that can work as true enablers and game changers for society. However, a key challenge for Europe’s mobile industry remains the ability to scale across a continent with different regulatory and legal environments. The review of the telecom framework provides a unique opportunity to reshape the regulatory landscape to better support the era of digital players, services and business models, underpinned by advanced mobile broadband connectivity”, said Granryd in his keynote at Mobile 360 Europe.
Europe is now the most highly penetrated mobile market globally, with nearly 460 million subscribers – about 85 per cent of the region’s population. 4G networks covered 86 per cent of the European population by the end of 2015, which is forecast to reach 93 per cent by the end of 2020. There is also “huge excitement around the promise of 5G to create a hyper-connected society”, with the need for industry and policy makers to work together to realise the potential for citizens, business and the economy.
CALLS FOR ACTION
Europe can reap the rewards of these opportunities only if if responds to the following calls for action through policy and regulatory reforms, with the aim of:
- Encouraging investment in future-proof infrastructure.
- Addressing current fragmented approaches in areas such as spectrum.
- Enabling operators to manage networks to optimise performance and user experience.
- Promoting collaboration across industries to accelerate IoT and the delivery of innovative new mobile services.
- Expanding the digital economy by enhancing digital literacy, skills and entrepreneurship.
- Considering the changed reality of the converged digital marketplace and increase in consumer choice.
