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Internet guru: Digital world must have in-built ethical system
SPECIAL REPORT / As the Barcelona Mobile World Congress ends, EURACTIV explores the ethical aspects of the internet and the move towards ever-more connected objects and devices. Per Strömbäck, editor of Netopia, says machines can and should be adjusted to fit the moral values of individuals and the wider society in which they operate.
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Mobile streaming in the spotlight at World Congress
SPECIAL REPORT / Video streaming devices, apps and infrastructure featured high in this year's edition of the Mobile World Congress as the sector is expected to exceed 80% of global internet traffic in the next few years. EURACTIV reports from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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Industry warns radio frequencies may become scarcer than oil
SPECIAL REPORT / While the EU faces the serious risk of a new indefinite delay in regulating radio spectrum access across member states, industry warns against mobile data gridlocks and potentially higher prices for smartphone usage, as frequencies become “scarcer than oil”. EURACTIV reports from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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Europe tries to move towards an open and safe cloud
SPECIAL REPORT / As digital data piles up, protection and access to mass information have become the two keywords of European industry and governments in shaping the future of cloud computing. EURACTIV reports from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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Investment piles up on 5G development
SPECIAL REPORT / Public and private investment is taking off to push the deployment from 2020 of the fifth generation of mobile communications, the 5G, which will be among the hot topics under debate at the World Mobile Congress, starting today (24 February) in Barcelona.
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Kroes’ future? ‘I’m not going to grow roses’
SPECIAL REPORT / European Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes aims at getting a green light for the establishment of a genuine EU single market for telecoms before the end of her mandate and does not rule out staying in business. “I’m not going to grow roses,” she told EURACTIV in an interview at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
