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The deployment of NGA is indispensable to deliver new broadband services to European consumers. While a number of operators, both incumbents and alternative operators, have launched large-scale rollouts of new broadband infrastructure in a number of Member States, Europe appears to be still lagging behind other economies, notably the United States and Japan.

The basic principle of the Commission's draft Recommendation is that national regulatory authorities should provide access to the networks of dominant operators at the lowest possible level. In particular, they should mandate access to the ducts of the dominant operators allowing competitors to roll out their own fibre. However NRAs should also impose further physical access obligations (access to unlit fibre) beyond access to ducts where ducts are not available or the population density is too low for a sustainable business model. Access to active elements such as "bitstream" shall be maintained provided lower level remedies do not sufficiently address distortions of competition.

Worldwide Broadband Subscribers Top 382.4m - Growth Slows

Point Topic has released its latest 'World Broadband Statistics Report' for the second quarter of 2008, highlighting a worldwide growth in broadband subscribers of 3.92% (14.44m net additions) between Q1 and Q2 2008. This increase represents a continued slowdown of broadband growth and is the lowest reported number of net additions since Q3 2005.

Vint Cerf - Caught off Guard - Nevertheless Says what Needs to Be Said about our Misguided Policy

Basically it’s like little kids throwing a tantrum - I am not going to build this system unless you give me three scoops of ice cream and a pony.

Because this is serious infrastructure. It is very much like the road system and I have been ridiculed for suggesting that it be treated like the road system. “Oh you want the government to take over.”