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- Vice-President Kroes urges member states and citizens to endorse 116 000 hotline for missing children
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(30/05/2012) 116 000 is an easy-to-remember and free-of-charge phone number to report missing children. In a recent survey, 91% of Europeans find this service useful. But that overwhelming support is not translating into awareness. Even in member states where the number is operational, only one in five people feel they have enough information about it. That is why, in a dedicated Conference today, Vice-President Kroes urged Member States to make the hotline fully operational and to take any action to boost awareness.
See also: Commissioner Kroes' speech
- Vice-President Kroes to propose action on consumer choice and "net neutrality"
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(29/05/2012) "When it comes to the issue of "net neutrality" I want to ensure that Internet users can always choose full Internet access – that is, access to a robust, best-efforts Internet with all the applications you wish. But I don’t like to intervene in competitive markets unless I am sure this is the only way to help either consumers or companies. Preferably both. In particular because a badly designed remedy may be worse than the disease - producing unforeseen harmful effects long into the future. So I wanted better data before acting on net neutrality."
- EU research breakthrough will cut 4G / LTE mobile network energy use in half
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(15/05/2012) The EU-funded project EARTH has received the 2012 "Future Internet Award" prize for developing unprecedented energy efficiency solutions for wireless communication networks. Researchers from companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Telecom Italia, DOCOMO, and from universities in Belgium, France, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and UK, have optimised the energy use of 4G/LTE (Long-Term Evolution) base stations, which account for the highest energy consumption in the mobile network.
- Digital Agenda: New price caps for mobile data roaming expected to save families over €200 each year and business travellers over €1000
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(10/05/2012) From 1 July 2012, the European Union's mobile roaming regulation will be extended to include price caps for data downloads which will mean significant savings for those using maps, email and social networks when travelling. For a typical businessperson travelling in the EU this will mean savings of over €1000 per year. A family taking an annual holiday in another EU country can expect to save at least €200.
- Denmark, England and Scotland are at the forefront of telehealth … Rethinking healthcare
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(08/05/2012) Denmark, England and Scotland have been pioneers in the use of electronic communication in and across the health and social care sectors. The three pioneers have been able to integrate telehealth into standard patient treatments, according to a new study from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (IPTS)
See also: eHealth at the EC
- From football boots to spaceships, from mediaeval comics to Caravaggio. EU Ministers pick their top treasures in Europeana
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(08/05/2012) Digitised versions of the very best of Europe's sporting, literary, artistic and cultural heritage will be in the spotlight in Brussels – and online - on Wednesday 9th May, Europe Day. EU Culture Ministers have chosen their top treasures to add to the 23 million books, artworks, photographs and other items on Europeana, Europe's digital library, archive and museum. Their choices are as wide and varied as Europe's rich history.
See also: Europeana
- Better use of health data will transform the healthcare landscape, says expert report
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(07/05/2012) A high-level group of experts today warned that Europeans will only be able to benefit from the affordable, less intrusive and more personalised healthcare which Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) can bring if agreement is reached on how to use health data. The group, headed by the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, delivered this and other recommendations for redesigning health in Europe to Vice President Neelie Kroes and Commissioner John Dalli at eHealth Week 2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The eHealth Task Force was established a year ago to advise the Commission on how to unlock the potential of eHealth for safer, better and more efficient healthcare in Europe.
Funding Opportunities
- ENIAC launches call for proposals
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Deadline: 14/06/2012
- Study on benchmarking of parental control tools for the online protection of children - SIP-BENCH III (SMART 2012/0044)
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Deadline: 18/07/2012
- ARTEMIS launches call for proposals
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Deadline: 06/09/2012
Forthcoming Events
- 26 - 27 September 2012, Warsaw, Poland
- 4 - 6 July 2012, Berlin, Germany
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Future Network and MobileSummit - Call for Papers & Workshop Submissions
- 27 June 2012, Brussels, Belgium
- 20 June 2012, Brussels, Belgium
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Security and privacy in the digital world - Solutions from the Smart Security Industry
- 20 - 21 June 2012, Brussels, Belgium
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- 18 June 2012, Brussels, Belgium
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