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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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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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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Consumers benefit from better telecoms services and higher investment levels in countries where the national telecoms regulatory authority has strong powers and is active in using them, according to a report published by the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA).
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A study commissioned by ECTA, the European Competitive Telecommunications Association, reveals that high fixed costs will limit the availability of super fast broadband to many European homes and rural businesses.
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According to a survey presented by the ECTA, the European Competitive Telecommunications Association, Europe now has over 100 million broadband subscribers. The results of ECTA’s Broadband Scorecard also show that competitive providers, and not the large incumbents that own much of the telecoms infrastructure, are leading in provision of super broadband connection speeds above 10Mbps, as well as driving the uptake of high-tech services.
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The European Competitive Telecoms Association has welcomed the proposals from the European Parliament to amend the EU Telecoms Framework, but warned that many of the amendments approved by the Parliament’s Industry Committee on 7 July protect and favor dominant firms at the expense of competition in the telecoms sector.
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Research released last week is the first to analyze the business case of rolling out next generation fiber networks across Europe. The study shows that only incumbent operators, with their extensive infrastructure and customer bases, can profitably roll out high speed fiber to the home (FttH) lines to large parts of Europe.
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