44 Quotes by Viviane Reding

I want to accelerate the take-up of digital television in Europe. It is good news that interoperability is no longer a major obstacle for interactive TV, thanks to the growing number of technical solutions supporting it.

At this speed, .eu will become a real competitor to .com.

The cost of using your mobile phone abroad is hard to believe.

But if self-regulation does not work then we will have to take some measures ... We will have a look at this after six months,

The European Commission will help to turn this into reality by co-funding centers of competence for digitization and providing a truly European framework for protecting, accessing and using intellectual property rights in digital libraries. Member states will have to do their bit by providing the basic means for digitization.

The future of our telecom market is not in establishing new monopolies on the basis of the old ones, which over the years we have managed to dismantle.

The Commission aims to give the consumer the knowledge to make an informed choice, to enhance competition in the industry and to encourage fairer and clearer pricing.

If the EU and its 25 member states make a clever use of all policy instruments, broadband for all Europeans is certainly not out of reach by 2010.

If we use our policy instruments wisely with regard to broadband, we can do some very practical things to make 'growth and jobs' a reality in the less-developed and rural regions of Europe, too.