The EU plans to revise rules governing access to the Internet and telephones throughout the bloc. Yesterday (2 March) the European Commission launched a consultation asking whether money for wider broadband coverage should come from the public purse or from industry coffers.
In the consultation, the Commission will be asking whether Internet access should be a public right and how the EU’s current rules, dating from 2002, can be tweaked to include the bloc’s goal of providing ‘broadband for all’.
To read this EurActiv report in full, see: www.euractiv.com/en/infosociety/eu-asks-who-will-pay-high-speed-internet-news-301230
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