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Day: 21 August 2015

A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe

Creating the right conditions and a level playing field for advanced digital networks and innovative services to flourish (official)

The Digital Single Market must be built on reliable, trustworthy, high-speed, affordable networks and services that safeguard consumers’ fundamental rights to privacy and personal data protection while also encouraging innovation. This requires a strong, competitive and dynamic telecoms sector to carry out the necessary investments, to exploit innovations such as Cloud computing, Big Data tools or the Internet of Things. The market power of some online platforms potentially raises concerns, particularly in relation to the most powerful platforms whose importance for other market participants is becoming increasingly critical.

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