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Te European Commission has proposed a comprehensive set of measures to ensure the EU’s security of supply, when it comes to semiconductor technologies and applications. Recent global semiconductor
shortages forced factory closures in a wide range of sectors. For telecoms – which has not only kept the world connected during the pandemic, but is also currently in the process of rolling out 5G, deploying cloud network functionality, cloud services and connecting volumes of IoT devices that previously did not have connectivity or require sophisticated integrated circuits – it is also causing problems. According to sources from Bloomberg, globally, broadband providers have seen delays of more than a year when ordering internet routers, with some carriers having been quoted order times as long as 60 weeks, more than doubling previous waits. Te European Chips Act is
designed to help the semiconductor sector thrive, from research to production with a resilient supply chain. It will use more than €43bn of public and private investments and set measures to prevent, prepare,
anticipate and swiſtly respond to any future supply chain disruptions. Te ambition is to enable the EU to reach its ambition to double its current market share to 20 per cent in 2030. Te main components of the
act are: • Te Chips for Europe Initiative
will pool resources through the enhanced Chips Joint Undertaking. €11bn will be made available to strengthen existing research, development and innovation, to ensure the deployment of advanced semiconductor tools, pilot lines for prototyping, testing and experimentation of new devices for innovative real-life applications, to train staff and to develop an in-depth understanding of the semiconductor ecosystem and value chain. • A new framework to ensure
security of supply by atracting investments and enhanced production capacities. A chips fund will facilitate access to finance for start-ups to help them mature their innovations and atract investors. It will also include a dedicated semiconductor equity investment facility under InvestEU to support scale-ups and SMEs
FTTH CONFERENCE MOVES TO MAY Te council consulted with local
Te FTTH Council Europe has postponed the annual FTTH Europe Conference and exhibition until late May in the wake of Covid-19 restrictions and governmental measures in Austria and Vienna. Te conference was originally
scheduled to run from 29-31 March. Now it will be held on 23-25 May 2022, and will remain in Vienna.
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experts and authorities prior to making this decision, which it said is the only viable option to ensure a safe and successful event. It said in a statement: ‘Te FTTH Council Europe had hoped the situation would have ameliorated sufficiently by the end of March to allow the FTTH Conference to go ahead,
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EU CHIPS ACT TO COMBAT SEMICONDUCTOR SHORTAGES
to ease their market expansion. • A coordination mechanism
between member states and the commission for monitoring the supply of semiconductors, estimating demand and anticipating the shortages. It will monitor the semiconductor value chain by gathering key intelligence from companies to map primary weaknesses and botlenecks. It will draw together common crisis assessments and coordinate actions to be taken from a new emergency toolbox. President Ursula von der Leyen said: ‘Te European Chips Act will
be a game changer for the global competitiveness of Europe’s single market. In the short term, it will increase our resilience to future crises, by enabling us to anticipate and avoid supply chain disruptions. And in the mid-term, it will help make Europe an industrial leader in this strategic branch. With the European Chips Act, we are puting out the investments and the strategy. But the key to our success lies in Europe’s innovators, our world-class researchers, in the people who have made our continent prosper through the decades.
however, we are now advised there is a high risk that the Viennese authorities will not sufficiently relax restrictions over coming weeks, to allow a conference/exhibition of our size and characteristics to go ahead by the end of March.’ Te FTTH Council Europe
said it has been advised that, by postponing the event until the end
of May, there would be more time for Covid infections to fall back sufficiently to allow the Austrian and Viennese authorities to ease the restrictions. Te structure of the FTTH Conference 2022 will remain unchanged and any tickets that have already been purchased for the original dates will be valid for the new dates.
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