If Europeans do not support more directly their participants in this race, they risk being taken over by third party contenders or IT giants deciding to enter as 5G providers.
Technology has as much potential to exacerbate as it does to mitigate the risks of terrorism. What takes place in the digital space is merely symptomatic of structural and governance challenges in the physical space.
EU’s new leaders should double down on updating Europe’s global digital agenda efforts. It is in its own self-interest, and crucially, the EU could re-emerge as a beacon of hope and leadership for people globally at a moment when principled leadership is increasingly rare.
Instead of seeing it as just another step forward for telecommunications, states must also view 5G’s strategic technology as critical national infrastructure.
Ways of creating and consuming information keep on changing rapidly all over the world. Russia is no exception.
Online discussions simply mirror what is already happening in the society. A strong enforcement of rule of law will allow greater freedom of expression online and weaken the need for regulation.
Digital payments are no longer about ensuring that money reaches the intended person or entity. Instead, the data exhaust of the transaction has become more valuable with the exponential rise in digital payments around the globe, and the lowering of cost of transactions.
Digital innovation has the potential to increase the gains from rural economic activity, in part by allowing rural workers to capture larger pieces of the economic pie.
While the digital economy creates more business opportunities for both rural and urban residents — it narrows the living standard gap between them.
Tigran Yepremyan is the Dean of the Faculty of International Relations and an Associate Professor of World History and IR at the Yerevan State University, Armenia. ...
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Sambit Mishra is an Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer currently posted as the Chief Executive Officer of the Zila Panchayat Korba Chhattisgarh. He has an academic background in Engineering, having graduated with a Bachelor of Technology (B Tech) in Biological ...
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