Digital EU 🇪🇺 @DigitalEU@respublicae.eu

Here is your weekly #DigitalDigest:

🔹€128M in EU funding to advance #5G connectivity across Europe

🔹Commission seeks feedback on measures Apple should take to ensure interoperability under #DMA

🔹Rewatch the second webinar of the #AIPact

#DigitalEU
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From Gdańsk to Reykjavík, #WiFi4EU connects people across the EU & beyond!

🛜 Free, secure & high-speed internet access
🛜 More than 93,000 hotspots
🛜 In parks, schools, health centres & other public spaces

📲 Download the app to find your nearest hotspot ↓
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🌐 Advancing 5G connectivity across Europe!

Grant agreements for €128 million to support 31 new 5G infrastructure projects under the #CEFDigital Programme.

These projects will support the rollout of 5G infrastructure in local communities & transport paths.

Read more ⤵️
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Tomorrow is the first day of winter, but how many winters do we have left?

🌡️ 2024 is set to end up as the warmest year on record and the first year of more than 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels.

#DestinE will help predict & mitigate the effects of climate change ↓
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🛍️ In 2023, 75% of people in the EU bought or ordered goods or services online.

During the upcoming holidays, eCommerce will increase and e-shoppers might be targeted by cybercriminals.

Discover what we are doing & learn how to protect yourself 👇
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💻 Digital skills are essential for Europe's digital future!

By 2030, the EU aims for 80% of adults to have basic digital skills and 20M ICT specialists.

↓ Learn how the EU is bridging the digital divide and empowering our workforce.

#DigitalDecade
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R to @DigitalEU: 🔗Connected devices: https://europa.eu/!BGkyRn
🔗Interoperability request process: https://europa.eu/!XrcwgR

#DMA
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The Commission sends to Apple & publishes for feedback the measures Apple should take to comply with the DMA interoperability obligation.

For the proposed measures to hit the right mark, two public consultations were launched yesterday - have your say by 9 January 👇
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𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵: from Latin 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦, from 𝘤𝘰𝘯 - ‘together’ + 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦 - ‘bind’.

1. Bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established.

We are connecting Europe.
We are #DigitalEU.
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⌛️ The countdown has started...

Long-awaited common charger solution will be a reality before the year ends!

One common charging port for all Europeans that favours technological innovation while reducing e-waste.

Learn more ↓
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🎄🛒 In a shopping mood before holidays & having issues with a product online that didn’t match the reality?

🖱️ With the Digital Services Act it is easier for you to report counterfeit goods & illegal content online & have clearer information about the product sellers.

#DSA ↓
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⛷️ Travelling this winter?

Activate roaming on your mobile phone and pay no additional charges when you travel to another EU country.

Enjoy the same domestic prices for your:

📞 calls
✉️ texts
🛜 data

Learn more about #RoamLikeAtHome ↓
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📢 New calls for proposals under #CEFDigital!

€323 million to support advanced digital connectivity infrastructures:
🔹5G Large Scale Pilots
🔹Backbone connectivity for Digital Global Gateways
🔹EU Quantum Communication Infrastructure

Apply by 13 February 2025!

@EU_HaDEA
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🤖 Interested in learning more about the #AIAct’s architecture & obligations for #AI providers & deployers?

🔴 Join us today at 16:00 CET for a new AI Pact webinar, live on YouTube.

AI Office experts will explore the nature of the Act to enable its smooth implementation.
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