Some years ago I was invited by EuroIX to try and explain what Brussels, the Commission, the EU did. My short answer was roughly three things:
** fund projects and studies. A big chunk of funding. And work which often also feeds back into how they see the world. ** make the rules. At its simplest the Commission proposes regulation and the Member States and Parliament adopt. ** do policy. Which means presenting, pushing, ideas in the wider world. Not to be underestimated! The two speeches give a good idea, if you read carefully, of how the Commission currently sees the "future Internet” - of what they will fund, the rules they will propose and of what they will support. Gordon > On 24 Apr 2016, at 14:03, Patrik Fältström <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 24 Apr 2016, at 13:56, Gordon Lennox wrote: > >> The perceived need to move from "one size fits all" and "best effort", >> towards networks that can adapt to the different requirements of different >> vertical sectors, and that can deliver "guaranteed and ubiquitous quality of >> service”. > > Oh...I was hoping we where going away from vertical sectors, at last. > >> The tying together of “things" with 5G. So a “thing” is something with one >> or more sim’s? And so it is somehow tied to mobile operator? >> >> And anyway 5G does almost everything? >> >> And so on. >> >> I could recommend going to Net Futures 2017! > > Sounds like "an interesting experience"... > > paf
