On the other hand the analysis concluded that the increase in satellite bandwidth required for backhaul and trunking services, professional services, and the continuously increasing bitrates used for video distribution will be the main trends pushing satellite spectrum demand upwards and that most of those needs may be met by the C-band. This is a valuable band for satellite use as it contains quite a large amount of spectrum at relatively low frequencies which have superior propagation characteristics (allowing very wide coverage) and are less susceptible to rainfall and humidity (enabling signal resiliency) than higher satellite freque ...[+++]ncies.

Moreover, this tariff application pertained to the Internet service that is most popular with consumers. When you look at the graph that I provided in my presentation, you can see that the users whose bandwidth usage is between 80 and 300 gigabytes have no incentive to reduce usage and, incidentally, low users are billed excessively high amounts.

Consumers should know in advance what they will be charged for the amount of bandwidth they need.

99. Notes that the savings made on travel in 2011 thanks to the increased use (+56,6 %) of video-conferencing are estimated at EUR 1,4 million; believes that further savings in mission costs can be achieved by progressively replacing missions with video-conferencing, which will also limit the Parliament's carbon footprint; requests, therefore, the results of an analysis carried out by the Parliament's administration on the need for further video-conferencing equipment by no later than February 2013;