Businesses and consumers are losing EUR 25bn per year and broadband speeds are being restricted due to uncompetitive telecoms markets, reveals a study released by ECTA last week.
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Prices for ICT services are falling worldwide, yet broadband Internet remains outside the reach of many in poor countries, according to a new report from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
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The new Spanish EU Presidency wants to extend universal service requirements to broadband Internet, making it mandatory for member states to make the service available in every corner of their territory.
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While the number of broadband Internet connections in the EU is increasing, the U.S. is still pondering over how to get broadband to rural areas. At the same time, the high speed Internet gap between the rich and the poor is widening, according to a UN official.
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Open access policies have helped leading economies around the world develop competitive broadband markets by lowering entry barriers, according to a study for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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Last week, the European Competitive Telecoms Association (ECTA) released new research on broadband which shows that broadband take-up is slowing down and no further progress has been made toward competition across the European Union.
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Delegates from some 35 countries attending the 7th Annual Forum of the Commonwealth Telecom Organisation (CTO) in Nadi, Fiji, have emphasized the need for governments, ICT operating companies, financial institutions, Universal Access and Service Funding agencies and entrepreneurs to collectively invest more in broadband infrastructure in developing countries.
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Stephen Conroy, the Australian Communications Minister, announced shock plans to break up dominant telecommunications player Telstra to boost competition as it presses ahead with a 37 billion US dollar national broadband network.
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