21. Considers that high-capacity broadband networks and fibre in the access networks (FTTH) are essential from the perspective of both end-users and their future needs and economic development, given the ever more extensive use of broadband applications;

21. Considers that high-capacity broadband networks and fibre in the access networks (FTTH) are essential from the perspective of both end-users and their future needs and economic development, given the ever more extensive use of broadband applications;

"The main objective of the Action is to investigate novel technologies for unsupervised multimodal biometric authentication systems using a new generation of biometricsenabled identity documents and smart cards, while exploring the added-value of these technologies for large-scale applications with respect to the European requirements in relation to the storage, transmission, and protection of personal data".

Among the amendments that have been tabled, I should like to highlight the following amendments for their importance to the economy as distinct from what I feel should be subject to a formal framework decision: greater harmonisation of the conditions of access to biometric databases, ensuring that such access is limited to investigations, and, in the case of fingerprint data, to the prevention of serious criminal offences; clear definition of rules applying to joint operations; establishment of strict necessity criteria so that the transmission of personal data is legitimate, especially when it comes to the most delicate situations, major events and preventing terrorist attacks; extending the scope of the chapter on data protection to al ...[+++]l forms of processing data, ensuring compliance with all recommendations put forward by the European data protection supervisor; implementation of a maximum period for keeping personal data; establishment of specific safeguards prohibiting the processing of sensitive data that may be used for the purpose of ethnic profiling; strengthening Parliament’s role in following up the proposal for a decision, in particular when implementation and assessment measures are adopted; and lastly, clarification of the relationship between this proposal for a decision and the proposal for a framework decision on data protection under the third pillar, the latter always being a general regulatory framework in the matter, in any situation.

Further services to follow later will include a Commercial Service combining two encrypted signals for higher data throughput rate and higher accuracy authenticated data.

Those global products will originally be based on a blend of existing products of the parent companies. The 6 categories are the following : . data services : low speed packet, high speed packet and frame relay services, pre-provisioned, managed and circuit switched bandwidth, . value-added application services : value added messaging and video conferencing services, . traveller services : global calling card services, . intelligent network services, . other services : Integrated VSAT network services, . global outsourcing that will allow the distributor to offer its customers the ability to transfer responsibility and ownership of their ...[+++] global networks to either the distributor or Newco.