Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-12-Speech-1-106"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Electronic communications (processing of personal data and protection of privacy)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011112.9.1-106"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-12-Speech-1-1072
lpv:speaker	lp:W.G. van Velzen2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; EPP-ED (1999-09-30--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-09-01--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, allow me to say straight away that although I represent a minority position, I am very proud of it. I have the ‘Automatiseringsgids’ of a famous Dutch newspaper, in front of me. On behalf of all my fellow MEPs who want to learn from technology neutrality, it might be useful to read out a few quotes from it. NTT DoCoMo earmarks USD 8.2 million to control unsolicited mails on mobile phones. The mail addresses of NTT DoCoMo mobile phones are based on the phones’ telephone numbers. That enables all kinds of advertising agencies and dating agencies to advertise their services by sending messages to randomly generated numbers. The article also states that in Japan, the receiver of the text message contributes towards the cost of sending it. This might be food for thought for all those people who claim that the proposal of Amendment No 35 by Mr Cappato is technology-neutral. It clearly is not, for as soon as one is faced with UMTS, the difference between mail and SMS fades into the background, with all the consequences that this entails. That is why it is much preferable to talk about electronic communications, as is done in Amendment No 44. That is, in fact, the final step which rapporteur Cappato should have taken in order to put an excellent proposal before us. Let us be very aware that citizens are not all computer-illiterate. Despite this, they are saddled with most problems. If we were to adopt the proposal of Amendment No 35 by Mr Cappato to change mail services of this kind, the entire computer system would need to be changed. Indeed, we would then need to change over from the POP 3 system, which nearly everyone in Europe has, to the map system which is offered by only one American provider. However, if that were the case, the Commissioner would immediately receive a complaint about the lack of competition in Europe. That is another reason why I believe it should not be done. I therefore propose approving the Cappato report but also improving on it further by voting in favour of Amendment No 44 instead of Amendment No 35."@en1
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