Kroes calls for greater broadband investment

Report of a FT interview with EU Telecoms Commissioner Neelie Kroes, October 2011. She suggested that she might put forward proposals so that telecoms operators’ profits on their ageing copper networks in Europe might be stifled to spur investment in high-speed broadband.

Ms Kroes said she was 'very interested to explore a new pricing model ... creating the conditions for the replacement of the old copper network with fibre.

European Commission; RAPID: Press Release, IP/11/1147: Digital Agenda: public consultations on access to telecoms networks http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/1147&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/11/623: Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Investing in digital networks: a bridge to Europe's future ETNO Financial Times 2011 CEO SUMMIT Brussels, 3 October 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/623&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

ESO: Background information: EU warned on broadband targets http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-warned-on-broadband-targets/

European Commission: DG Information Society and Media http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/information_society/index_en.htm

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