Vice-President Ansip to call for vision, speed and cooperation on 5G at the Mobile World Congress

Vice-President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip participates in the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 February, the world’s largest event for the international mobile community, gathering policymakers, industry leaders and experts (see Vice-President Ansip’s blog post ahead of the event). On Tuesday at 11:00 am CET he will deliver a keynote speech asking Europe and its international partners to work together to deploy the next generation of communication networks, 5G. Common standards and spectrum coordination – both at global and European levels – are paramount for all sectors, from transport to healthcare, to fully benefit from first-class connectivity across borders. During the event, Vice-President Ansip will meet Spanish Minister of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda Álvaro Nadal, Brazilian Minister of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications Gilberto Kassab as well as the Chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission Ajit Pai. He will also meet CEOs of European telecoms companies, participates in a roundtable on connected and automated driving and contributes to the GSMA Trans-Atlantic dialogue on the future of the digital economy. Vice-President Ansip will visit a series of stands, including the Graphene experience zone which showcases the latest achievements of the EU-funded Graphene Flagship and innovation based on this revolutionary material (see Vice-President Ansip’s recent blog post on the European Future and Emerging Technology Flagships). During these visits, he will have bilateral meetings with the senior management of Ericsson, Nokia and AT&T.