EU REGULATORY ROUND UP – BRUSSELS MAKES BROADBAND ROLL OUT PRIORITY TARGET
July 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been flexing its regulatory muscles to push the roll-out of high-speed broadband networks - trying to fine-tune European Union (EU) competition rules to encourage this development. Brussels is using its current legal powers and consulting on creating new rules and policies, with action being driven by pro-free market Dutch digital agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes. A former competition Commissioner, she has been consulting the telecoms sector and its customers over practical solutions for reducing the cost of launching ...
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