— Posted by Jacques Babot, DG INFSO, Policy expert in IPv6, Workshop organiser at the Digital Agenda Assembly

The internet is expanding and billions of IP addresses will be necessary to connect every conceivable device (fridges, cars, dishwashers, etc.) to the internet in the future. For this reason Ipv6 was created more then ten years ago. But as the IPv4 address pool is running out, we are observing that the adoption of IPv6 is too slow. Read the full entry

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— Posted by Isidro Laso Ballesteros, DG INFSO Scientific Officer in unit responsible for Networked Media Systems, Workshop organiser at Digital Agenda Assembly

The impact of the web is evident, across economic sectors and geographical areas. While the most celebrated players are US-based, there is a flourishing entrepreneurial basis in Europe, which is creating jobs and growth. Europe needs to foster this entrepreneurial basis, by removing the bottlenecks to growth, supporting and involving these new players in the policy debate. Read the full entry

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—Posted by Michal HRBATY, DG INFSO, Legal Officer, Workshop organiser at Digital Agenda Assembly

Lack of trust is seriously hampering e-commerce in Europe. Almost two thirds of consumers who had not made a cross-border distance purchase in 2010 were worried about falling victim to scams or frauds or cited concerns about what to do if problems arose and half of them were worried about delivery. Read the full entry

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— Posted by Robert Madelin, DG INFSO Director-General

I had a good discussion at the IIC Telecommunications & Media Forum, yesterday, the 13th of April. I was sharing with the participants my views of the Digital Single Market, one of the founding pillars of the Digital Agenda for Europe. My main points were that this is the key to European competitiveness especially during this historical economic downturn. Even in these times, the digital economy is growing faster than any other sector, and this should be the space where business innovators should find the ideal ground to develop their ideas and to create new wealth.

When Europeans think of the obstacles to the Digital Single Market they often think of the most obvious frustrations suffered by themselves as consumers, when they are denied to purchase goods in another Member States because their credit card is not accepted, or when they try to watch IP-TV abroad. Video on Demand (VOD) on the internet is simply not available in certain Member States and the offer is restricted in most of the others. Because of the lack of a Single Market in digital music, certain providers just decide not to offer their services in certain countries and thus de-facto to discriminate consumers because of their country of residence. This is something I and my colleagues are confronted to daily, through citizens messages and complaints. Read the full entry

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