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European Commissioner for Digital and Frontier Technologies
Member of the EU Commission
Member of the EU Commission
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| post | European Commissioner for Digital and Frontier Technologies | |
| flag | Flag of the European Union.svg | |
| flagcaption | Flag of the EU | |
| image | [[File:1718869849735 20240619 VIRKKUNEN Henna FI 008.jpg | 260px]] |
| incumbent | Henna Virkkunen | |
| incumbentsince | 1 December 2024 | |
| member_of | the European Commission | |
| reports_to | President of the European Commission | |
| termlength | 5 years | |
| precursor | Commissioner for Digital Agenda | |
| formation | ||
| first | Karl-Heinz Narjes |
The European Commissioner for Digital and Frontier Technologies is a member of the European Commission responsible for media and information issues such as telecoms and IT. The current officeholder is Henna Virkkunen since December 2024.
The portfolio was previously Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society (previously for Digital Agenda). Mariya Gabriel served as Digital Economy and Society Commissioner from 2017 to 2019.
Viviane Reding
Viviane Reding (2004–2010) found a relatively popular policy in seeking to lower roaming charges of mobile phones when travelling within the European Union, stating: "For years, mobile roaming charges have remained unjustifiably high. We are therefore tackling one of the last borders within Europe's internal market". Her legislation to cap roaming charges was approved by the Parliament in April 2007. Reding's successor Neelie Kroes greatly extended the range of the roaming regulation, to include data charges among others.
On 7 April 2006 the commission launched the new ".eu" TLD for websites for EU companies and citizens wishing to have a non-national European internet address. This has proved popular with 2.5M being registered by April 2007. It is now the seventh most popular TLD worldwide, and third in Europe (after .de and .uk)
Reding has also proposed that major European telecom companies be forced to separate their network and service operations to promote competition in the market. The companies, including France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom, would still own their networks but the separate management structure would be obliged to treat other operators on an equal basis in offering access to the network. This is opposed to separate ideas to force a full break-up of such companies.
List of commissioners
In the previous Commission information society was linked with Enterprise (now linked with Industry).
| # | Name | Country | Period | Commission | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F041436-0007, Hamburg, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Narjes.jpg | 60px]] | Karl-Heinz Narjes | West Germany | 1985–1992 |
| 2 | [[File:Antonio Ruberti XIII legislatura.jpg | 60px]] | Antonio Ruberti | Italy | 1992–1995 |
| 3 | [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F055742-0030, Bonn, FDP-Europawahlkampf, Bangemann (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Martin Bangemann | Germany | 1995–1999 |
| 4 | [[File:Erkki Liikanen-FIG 2001 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Erkki Liikanen | Finland | 1999–2004 |
| 5 | [[File:Ján Figeľ 2011.jpg | 60px]] | Ján Figeľ | Slovakia | 2004 |
| 6 | [[File:Viviane Reding (Martin Rulsch) 01.jpg | 60px]] | Viviane Reding | Luxembourg | 2004–2010 |
| 7 | [[File:Msc Neelie Kroes.jpg | 60px]] | Neelie Kroes | Netherlands | 2010–2014 |
| 8 | [[File:2015-12-14 Günther Oettinger Parteitag der CDU Deutschlands by Olaf Kosinsky -4.jpg | 60px]] | Günther Oettinger | Germany | 2014–2016 |
| 9 | [[File:Ansip EC Portrait 2014.jpg | 60px]] | Andrus Ansip | Estonia | 2017 |
| 10 | [[File:Gabriel Marija 2014-02-06 3 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Mariya Gabriel | Bulgaria | 2017–2019 |
| 11 | [[File:(Margrethe Vestager) Hearings of Margrethe Vestager DK, vice president-designate for a Europe fit for the digital age (48865071413) (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Margrethe Vestager | Denmark | 2019–2024 |
| 12 | [[File:1718869849735 20240619 VIRKKUNEN Henna FI 008.jpg | 60px]] | Henna Virkkunen | Finland | Incumbent |
References
References
- [http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-1328_en.htm President Juncker consults the European Parliament on Mariya Gabriel as Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society] European Commission
- (2017). "European Commission".
- [http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/roaming/index_en.htm Roaming Charges Portal] European Commission
- link. (28 September 2007 Computer Business Review Online)
- [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070411/techbit-eu-internet-names `.eu' Domain Names Top 2.5M in Year One] ''HuffPost''
- (August 2019)
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