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EU urges telcos to reveal broadband plans

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  • 11-05-2014 3:46pm
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    clohamon
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    Speaking on a visit to Scotland last week, Robert Madelin, the European civil service's director general for communications networks (content and technology), told the Sunday Herald that the roll-out should be speeded up. Madelin said that "incumbent investors" such as BT should be "less opaque" about the timescale and extent of their plans to roll out fibre-optic broadband infrastructure, especially in rural areas, allowing communities that are not on the companies' immediate radar to seek partners and funding for other routes to connectivity.

    Careful to stress that perceived under-investment and slow progress in the installation of rural broadband infrastructure was a Europe-wide issue and not a specifically Scottish problem, he added: "My honest sense, and this is not specific to BT, is that [big telecoms and local government] need to show a bit more transparency about the places that are not going to get to within in a couple of years, and this [information] would unleash a lot more local activism."
    http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/firms-should-share-plans-for-roll-out-of-fast-broadband-so-low-priority-areas-.24188146

    Only 23 out of more than 50 Irish telcos have so far revealed their plans to DCENR during the mapping exercise. Only eircom have published their plans; but without any roll-out schedule.


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