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PIN-SME discusses access to the Internet with the European Commission

Brussels, 4 December 2008. PIN-SME sends to the European Commission its reaction on the recent Commission’s Communication on future networks and the internet. PIN-SME believes that Europe’s small businesses need open and affordable access to the Internet in the race for international competitiveness. ICT-SMEs endorse the Communication's approach to openness, recognising that the challenges lie not just in telecommunications policy but also as regards open standards and copyright policy.
Please click here to download the PIN-SME position paper on Commission’s Communication on future networks and the internet.
 

Statement

 
Andrea Benassi, UEAPME Secretary General
 
 
ICT small businesses are the key to fostering innovation and growth and to disseminating and promoting the use of ICT. Europe’s 23 million European SMEs need ICT to enhance their competitiveness and be more prosperous.

Half of the productivity growth of the EU comes from the ICT sector. In 2006, SMEs represented a share of more than two thirds of the workforce of the European ICT services industry. Micro-enterprises alone account for more than 94% of the total number of enterprises.
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PIN-SME: the voice of ICT small and medium sized enterprises in Europe

PIN-SME is an association formed in 2007 to represent the interests of Europe’s ICT SME sector. Currently ten national and regional associations are members, representing some 50,000 ICT SME companies that account for around 200k jobs. PIN-SME aims to ensure that ICT SMEs get talked to rather than just talked about. It provides a voice for ICT SMEs in the policy and business arenas and is already represented in several EU expert groups and taskforces.
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PIN-SME ADMINISTRATORS

President

Bruno Robine
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Secretary General

 
 Sebastiano Toffaletti
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Vice-President PIN-SME Bulgaria


George Brashnarov
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Vice-President PIN-SME Austria

Friedrich Bock
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Vice-President PIN-SME Denmark


Finn Støy
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Vice-President PIN-SME Germany

Andreas R. Fischer
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Vice-President PIN-SME Italy


Fabio Massimo
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Vice-President PIN-SME Spain


Joaquin Garrido
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Vice President Switzerland

Vice-President PIN-SME UK


Charles Huthwaite
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