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TELECOMMUNICATIONS : INITIATIVE ON NEW NETWORKS ON THE DRAWING BOARD.
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Tech Europe
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June 4, 2008
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The European Commission is preparing a recommendation on new-generation telecoms networks such as ultra high-speed optical fibre. Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding announced the initiative for after the summer and will be consulting the sector soon.
The aim is to help the national regulators implement the current European telecommunications framework in such a way as to take account of technological realities. "The internet of the future is a major priority," said Reding at a conference of the European Information Technologies Observatory (EITO), on 8 May in Brussels. She mentioned the transition from copper to optical fibre networks for the development of ...