INFORMAL TELECOMS COUNCIL
September 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union ministers have moved towards extending common rules on liberalisation, market power and network access to the broadband sector, following an informal meeting on telecommunications. Staged in Viterbo, Italy, by the current Italian presidency of the EU, the meeting's conclusions called for coordinated action by Member States to promote broadband development. In particular, they called for "the removal of any unnecessary regulatory barriers to investment in new infrastructure," for instance ducts, poles and masts. There was also ...
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