Ireland is among the 21 EU Member States who have been urged to rapidly introduce all legislative measures necessary for the pan-EU deployment of Mobile Satellite Services (MSS). These services can be used for high-speed internet, mobile television and radio or emergency communications to EU consumers and businesses.
According to a timetable agreed by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers in 2008, MMS should be introduced in all Member States by May 2011 at the latest. On 13 May 2009, Inmarsat Ventures Limited and Solaris Mobile Limited were selected by the Commission to provide pan-EU mobile satellite services. Ireland is one of 21 Member States who have not yet adopted all of the national rules needed to facilitate MSS deployment.
“Member States should urgently take all measures necessary to allow the introduction of mobile satellite services throughout the EU,” said said Neelie Kroes, European Commission vice president for the Digital Agenda. “Mobile satellite services have an important role to play in providing innovative services to businesses and citizens across Europe, including in rural or remote areas, and in meeting our Digital Agenda targets of making broadband available to everyone in Europe.” The key role that wireless broadband (both satellite and terrestrial) can play in ensuring widespread broadband coverage, particularly in remote and rural areas, is underlined in the Digital Agenda for Europe.
Vice president Kroes has now written to the 21 Member States in question urging them to remove remaining legal uncertainties, such as licence fees, and to put in place all necessary implementation measures without further delay. The 21 Member States are Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom.
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