EU warned on broadband targets

The European Union’s ambitious targets to improve broadband speeds will be missed unless governments and regulators enable telecoms operators to cut their costs and tap new revenue sources, leading European telecoms chief executives warned on the 13 July 2011 at a CEO Broadband Roundtable Summit in Brussels with European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes.

EurActiv, 15.7.11: Telco bosses fail to break deadlock on fibre funding http://www.euractiv.com/infosociety/deadlock-continues-financing-fibre-news-506575

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/11/508: Digital Agenda: second CEO Roundtable on broadband investment to sustain internet growth http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/508&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

ESO: Background information: Digital Agenda: Vice-President Kroes hosts CEO Roundtable on investment in broadband networks to sustain internet growth http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-digital-agenda-vice-president-kroes-hosts-ceo-roundtable-on-investment-in-broadband-networks-to-sustain-internet-growth/

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