user information transfer rate

information transfer rate

user information transfer delay

Even though the sector has suffered a slowdown since 2000, the information society has continued to expand through continued innovation, increases in Internet usage, broadband connections, mobile services, availability and use of e-government and e-business services.

Broadband access, essential for the use of high-speed Internet and the development of new information and communications technologies (NICT), shows wide disparities across the Union.

the following paragraph is inserted: " 3a. An authorisation shall also be required for the export of dual-use items not listed in Annex I if the exporter has been informed by the authorities referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, or by the Commission, that the items in question are or may be intended, in their entirety or in part, for use in connection with a violation of human rights, democratic principles or freedom of speech as defined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, by using interception technologies and digital data transfer devices for monitoring mobile phones ...[+++] and text messages and targeted surveillance of internet use, such as via monitoring centres or lawful interception gateways".

41. Underlines the importance of broadband for European citizens‘ health in enabling the use of efficient health information technologies, enhancing the quality of care, extending the geographic reach of healthcare to rural insular, mountainous and sparsely populated areas, facilitating in-home care and reducing unnecessary treatments and costly patient transfers; recalls that broadband can also help protect European citizens by facilitating and promoting public safety information, procedures, ...[+++]disaster response and recovery;