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Tapani Mikkeli European Commission, Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry

ICT for Europe: Challenges for EU competitiveness. ITU Workshop Geneva, 15 January 2007. Tapani Mikkeli European Commission, Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry Unit D4: Technology for Innovation, ICT industries and e-Business.

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Tapani Mikkeli European Commission, Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry

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  1. ICT for Europe: Challenges for EU competitiveness ITU Workshop Geneva, 15 January 2007 Tapani Mikkeli European Commission, Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry Unit D4: Technology for Innovation, ICT industries and e-Business

  2. The Renewed Lisbon Strategy to increase Competitiveness ICT UPTAKE INNOVATION Industrial Policy BARRIERS Better Regulation

  3. Competitiveness Innovation LisbonStrategy • Review of Lisbon Strategy 2005; Growth & Jobs • Industrial Policy Communication 2005 • Broad-based Innovation Strategy and Action Plan • Lahti & European Summit: Innovation-friendly, modern Europe

  4. European Challenges / Paradoxes • Inventions not converted into products, jobs, patents, growth • Small innovative start-ups not growing into global scale • Uneven ICT uptake across sectors • Result: Europe not consistently able to bridge the innovation gap

  5. ICT as driver and enabler • Development of new (online) business models • EU ICT sector: Responsible for • 4 % of value added to GDP, • 40 % of productivity growth • EU strengths: • Sophisticated and high-quality products • Chip design, software and services • Human capital • EU challenges: • Danger for an outflow (off-shoring) of R&D • Manufacturing trade deficit • Lower investment growth compared to emerging economies

  6. ICT Task Force Identify key obstacles to competitiveness and ICT uptake. Recommend policy responses. Final Report 27 November 2006 Six Working Groups Selected headings from the final report • ICT uptake • ICT Markets • ICT Services, Production and Manufacturing • IPR for competitiveness and • innovation • ICT Uptake • Innovation in R&D, manufacturing and services • Innovation • SMEs and entrepreneurship • Investment and finance • Skills and employability • Legislation • Standards • Achieving a single market

  7. Digital Convergence / Relevance of Voice Increasing demand for high bandwidth • IT, telecommunications and media • Global market for digital content Pricing shift from minute based to flat rates • Growth of network infrastructure and access platforms Technology shift from small- to broadband Substitution of PSTN-Voice through IP-Voice • Technological development leading to new devices and functionalities Fixed Mobile Substitution Role of emerging technologies such as NGN, Triple Play, Convergence?

  8. Incentives for innovation New markets are characterised by • innovation, • rapid market growth and • volatile market shares. Market dynamics to bring up • new service opportunities for end-users • new business models. Lead markets? Pre-commercial procurement?

  9. The principles of Better Regulation • A detailed impact assessment of the proposed measures remains essential • Explore self-regulatory options in order to reduce • disproportionate and • restrictive regulation • Create a level playing field • No extensive application of rules to innovative services.

  10. For more information • e-mail: entr-innov-ict-ebiz@ec.europa.eu Tapani.Mikkeli@ec.europa.eu Hasan.Alkas@ec.europa.eu • http://europa.eu.int/comment/enterprise/ict/index.htm • http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/legal/bxl2006/index.htm • http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/ict/policy/e-bus-snfsme.htm • http://www.ebusiness-watch.org • http://www.emarketservice.com

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