EU ROUND UP – EU APPROVES NEW BROADBAND DIRECTIVE
June 8th, 2014
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a new directive designed to speed the roll-out of high speed broadband systems across the EU. The new legislation insists that any utility network operator – including electricity and water companies, as well as telcos – should have the right to offer telecoms operators access to their infrastructure to install broadband systems. And such utilities would have to meet all reasonable requests to use their infrastructure to expand broadband services. Refusals could only be made on the grounds of technical ...
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