EUROPE RISKS LAGGING BEHIND IN HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND DUE TO EUROPEAN POLICY CHOICES, ECTA BOSS WARNS
January 1st, 2013
EUROPE risks falling behind its international rivals in rolling out high-speed broadband technology because of European Union (EU) policies, warns Erzsébet Fitori, director of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA), which represents new telco entrants. In an exclusive interview with European Communications at her Brussels office, Fitori said Europe will not have end-to-end fibre networks if the currently recommended policy approach, which rewards investment in partial network infrastructure upgrades such as VDSL, is endorsed. “Europe ...
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