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Austrian infrastructure minister Alois Stoeger confirmed his commitment to a nationwide broadband deployment at a press conference. He said that existing problems in practical implementation had to be identified and solved for an efficient funding of broadband. Johannes Gungl from the regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR) announced the agency would bring its expertise to bear and help generate solution concepts with the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT).

The government is also focused on developing a national ICT strategy. The excellence centre Internet Society (KIG), established in 2010, is expected to complete the strategy by mid-2015. Fields of application such as research, e-health, e-government or education will be integrated in the ICT strategy.

The Austrian Electrotechnical Association FEEI welcomed Stoeger’s initiative as it considers an ICT strategy for Austria to be long overdue. According to the association, the strategy should imply ICT as basic technology for the equipment of infrastructures as well as application.

The FEEI called for an increase in state funds for ICT research of at least EUR 200 million as ICT is the key technology for all applications such as energy, mobility or health. Some EUR 80 million is needed in existing ICT-related research programmes, especially in ICT research, industry 4.0 and smart grids. The remaining EUR 120 million should go into the development of ICT-related infrastructure.

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Quelle/Source: Telecompaper, 21.11.2014

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