The European Court of Justice on Thursday overruled an attempt by the Bundesnetzagentur, the German NRA, to allow incumbent operator Deutsche Telekom to ban competitors from having access to its high-speed broadband network.
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Yesterday, European president José Manuel Barroso unveiled his new team for the next four years. ICT and Telecoms – the so-called Digital Agenda – will be in the hands of current Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes.
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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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As digital TV replaces analog TV in Europe over the next two to three years, four-fifths of the airwaves that used to carry the old TV signals will be freed up. This spectrum can then be used for wireless broadband access, advanced mobile applications, interactive TV and HDTV channels.
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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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As of 2010, the EU will invest EUR 18 million into research that will underpin next generation 4G mobile networks.
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On Friday 12 June, the European Commission issued a second draft of the Recommendation on Next Generation Access, following an initial consultation launched in September 2008.
This subject is of supreme importance to business users of telecommunications services, since it will determine if services using next generation fiber access will be available on a competitive basis, or whether the EU will revert to Member State monopolies or duopolies.
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New proposals from the European Commission on ‘fibre access networks’ could allow dominant firms to escape regulation, limiting choice in TV and broadband services, warns the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA).
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