Traduction de «Commutateur numérique à haute vitesse » (Français → Anglais) :

(2) Acknowledging the importance of high-speed broadband roll-out, Member States have endorsed the ambitious broadband targets set out in the Communication from the Commission entitled ‘The Digital Agenda for Europe- Driving European growth digitally (‘the Digital Agenda’), namely to bring basic broadband to all Europeans by 2013, and to ensure that, by 2020, all Europeans have access to much higher internet speeds of above 30 Mbps and 50% or more of Union households subscribe to internet connections above 100 Mbps.

(2) Acknowledging that high-speed broadband rollout is crucial in order for Member States to meet their commitments regarding the broadband targets set out in Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 'The Digital Agenda for Europe- Driving European growth digitally('the Digital Agenda'. This Communication stipulates that by 2020 all Union citizens should have access to internet speeds of above 30 Mbps and 50% or more of Union ...[+++]households should subscribe to internet connections above 100 Mbps. However, given the rapid evolution of technologies that lead to even faster internet connections, and the increasing demand for e-services, those targets should be considered to be an absolute minimum and the Union should aim for more ambitious broadband targets.

89. Emphasises the potential value for consumers and businesses of the digital switchover of public services, and calls on Member States to develop national plans to that effect, which should include targets and measures for making all public services accessible online by 2015; recognises that high-speed networks are a prerequisite for the development of online services and for economic growth; calls on the Commission to develop world-leading digital agenda targets in order to ensure that Europe becomes the global leader in internet speed and connectivity; invites the Member States to further develop national broadband plans and adopt ...[+++] operational plans with concrete measures to implement the ambitious broadband targets, and underlines the strategic and crucial importance of the instruments proposed by the Commission in the Connecting Europe Facility;

4. Considers therefore that the objective must be to establish EU global leadership in ICT infrastructure; in order to achieve this objective, 100% of basic broadband coverage must be delivered to all Europeans by 2013, giving at least 2Mbps service to all users in rural areas and much higher speeds to users in other areas; draws the Commission's attention to the fact that, in order to counter a digital divide, basic coverage in rural areas will need to take account of increasing transmission requirements for innovative internet services such as e-government, e-health or e-learning; takes the view that, when considering how such targe ...[+++]ts should be funded, utmost account should be taken of competition in order to avoid market distortions and to allow the market to deliver solutions in the first instance;

That expansion of broadband has allowed cable subscribers to gain access to high-speed Internet, some two million cable subscribers, as well as digital video services, and these are both now new sources of access to CPAC in both official languages.

We used to speak about the digital divide being mostly between developing and undeveloped countries, but it is my impression that there is, and correct me if I am wrong, still a digital divide even within this country in terms of access to high-speed Internet.