EU lawmakers approved draft rules on picking providers of mobile ...
EU lawmakers approved draft rules on picking providers of mobile satellite services such as broadband Internet or mobile TV at the European level. Voting March 6, the Industry, Research and Energy Committee decided such systems should provide services in…
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at least 60 percent of the total EU area and might be switched to disaster relief services in emergencies, a committee spokeswoman said. Some lawmakers wanted services to cover proportionally more area, fearing remote places might lag in deployment (CD March 3 p5). The panel adjusted the original European Commission (EC) proposal, the spokeswoman said. One amendment says no more than 15 MHz for earth-to-space and 15 MHz for space-to-earth can be assigned to one applicant; a second requires that the selection process consider whether a candidate system offers vital public health, safety and security services to EU citizens. The proposal is set tentatively for an April plenary vote, followed by negotiations with the EC and telecommunications ministers.