European Parliament
A7-0019/2012
Gunnar Hökmark,
rapporteur
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Madam President, spectrum is limited but the opportunities are unlimited, as we have seen with developments in the past and as we will see with the development that we are now facing. I think it is fair to say that media and culture will have more opportunities than ever to reach the audience, as we see is happening just now.
Things are changing, and I think the most important lesson to learn from this debate is that the enormous, rapid development we have seen in the past decade will be just as rapid and surprising in the coming decade. It is important for us to secure the full capacity to take advantage of all this, for media and culture as well as for new services.
That is why I think it is also important, regarding the next steps, to secure the rapid implementation of this legislation, but at the same time to prepare for the next steps, because we have only seen the beginning of a new development, of a second wave of Internet revolution. This will have its consequences and opportunities, as we have seen in the demonstrations in Northern Africa, and as we have seen in the revolution in different parts of our economies. The faster we are, the more use we can make of the next steps.
We have decided to set the target of 1200 MHz; that is for 2015. After that we should assess the needs and proceed rapidly in the next few years, because the future is coming closer and closer and we need to be in the lead. In order to be in the lead, we need to take the lead, and proceed by being the first to open up new opportunities all the time, because they are unlimited while the resource, the spectrum, is limited.

