Press Release: New measures to cut broadband costs agreed by the Council and the Parliament

On the 28 February 2014, the member states' permanent representatives endorsed the compromise reached between the Council and the European Parliament concerning a directive which will make it easier and cheaper to roll out high-speed electronic communications networks, among other things by promoting the joint use of infrastructure, such as electricity, gas and sewage pipes.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council, Brussels, 5 December 2013 http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-transport-telecommunications-and-energy-council-brussels-5-december-2013/

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/150: Neelie Kroes welcomes political agreement on EU rules to slash broadband installation costs http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-150_en.pdf

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