Press Release: State aid: Commission endorses aid to promote fast Internet access for business parks in Wales

The European Commission on 23 February 2006 approved under EC Treaty state aid rules a broadband initiative by the Welsh Development Agency. The project was to provide companies located in 14 Welsh business parks with access to fast broadband services where these were at the time unavailable at affordable prices. The Commission concluded that the aid was not likely to distort competition within the EU significantly.