Press Release: Commission Study shows Broadband Internet Access on the Rise in Europe

The European Commission released a new independent study on the development of broadband Internet access platforms in the European Union on 9 October 2001. According to the study, cable modem and ADSL will rapidly become the leading technologies used to access the Internet at high-speed. However, the study also emphasises that there will be considerable differences in the pace of broadband take-up between Member States.