Article 6(2) of Decision No 243/2012/EU requires Member States to make available the 3 400-3 800 MHz frequency band under the terms and conditions of Decision 2008/411/EC and, subject to market demand, to authorise the use of this band by 31 December 2012 without prejudice to existing deployments of services and under conditions that allow consumers easy access to wireless broadband services.

21. Notes that the next generation of mobile telephone technology can also play a significant role in opening up broadband services, particularly to remote geographical areas; considers that, in the forthcoming allocation of new spectrum, governments and telecom regulators could link the release of spectrum to enhanced coverage obligations for mobile phone operators;

9. In order to ensure that all citizens have access to advanced digital services including broadband , in particular in remote and sparsely populated areas, Member States and the Commission may explore whether sufficient spectrum is available for the provision of broadband satellite services enabling internet access.

1. Member States shall adopt by 1 January 2013 authorisation and allocation measures that are similar to each other and appropriate for the development of broadband services, in conformity with Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive), such as allowing relevant operators, where possible and on the basis of consultations in accordance with Article 11, direct or indirect access to contiguous blocks of spectrum of at least 10 MHz, thereby allowing the highest possible capacity and broadband speeds to be achieved, as we ...[+++]ll as making effective competition possible.

The enforcement of the rights of citizens of one nation in another Member State is of particular significance to small and medium-sized enterprises, and we should ensure that in future broadband continues to be used for the benefit of the population and prices drop, because with the very dynamic development of broadband services and the Internet that is currently taking place, especially in the area of telephony, we have completely new possibilities for the use of broadband.

A. whereas scientific and public concerns are increasing after a series of documented mass mortalities of cetaceans (in Greece, 1996; in the US Virgin Islands, 1998,1999; in the Canary Islands, 1985, 1986, 1989, 2002; in the Bahamas, 2000; in Madeira, 2000; and on the north-west coast of the United States, 2003) associated with the use of high-intensity mid-frequency active sonars in coastal environments,