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The EU executive body has recently put forward a White Paper on the future of telecoms to overcome obstacles faced by networks providers such as lack of investments and fragmentation, among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions to be addressed include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What should be the top priorities of the next Commission to speed up the digital transformation?<\/li>\n<li>Are the results of the European election relevant for Europe\u2019s digital agenda?<\/li>\n<li>What can the new mandate do to nurture Europe\u2019s to help drive take-up of innovative services?<\/li>\n<li>Increased connectivity is essential to surf the technological revolution wave. Where are the investment needs? Where are the roadblocks for private investment?<\/li>\n<li>What should be the next step on the Commission\u2019s White Paper on the future of telecoms? Should the EU take legislative action?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"schedule__title\"><strong>Program:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>16:30 |<\/strong> Registration for onsite guests and welcome coffee<br \/>\n<strong>17:00 |<\/strong> Welcome remarks by POLITICO&#8217;s moderator<br \/>\n<strong>17:05 |<\/strong> Introductory remarks by <strong>John Giusti<\/strong>, Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA and President of the GSMA Foundation<br \/>\n<strong>17:10 |<\/strong> Panel discussion including Q&amp;A<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andreas Schwab<\/strong>, MEP (EPP, Germany), member of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>More speakers to be announced<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>17:50 |<\/strong> Closing remarks followed by a networking session<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Europeans exit the polls, this POLITICO Live event will convene European policymakers and tech experts to debate about the future of EU digital policy in the next five years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":12155,"template":"","meta":{"start_timestamp":"1718728200","end_timestamp":"1718737200","image":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Creative-Europes-digital-agenda-650px.jpg","json":{"gsma_event_day_start":"2024-06-18","gsma_event_day_end":"2024-06-18","gsma_event_time_start":"16:30","gsma_event_time_end":"19:00","gsma_event_timezone":"1","gsma_event_venue":"GSMA Europe Office | Online","gsma_event_location":"","gsma_event_map":"","gsma_event_registration":"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/event\/europes-digital-agenda\/","gsma_event_registration_fa":"","gsma_event_speakers":""}},"tags":[],"event_categories":[],"algolia_discover_state":[4993],"algolia_discover_topic":[],"algolia_discover_region":[5012],"algolia_discover_series":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>After the elections: what&#039;s next for Europe&#039;s digital agenda? 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