State aid, public funding, broadband, best practices
1. Public funding for broadband and State aid rules Norbert Ga ál DG Competition – State Aid Directorate Information, Communication and Media European Commission 07 March 20 1 1 Planning Broadband Investments
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5. Some announcements of state aid for broadband deployment* UK: €1000 million France: €750 million Finland: €150 million Estonia: €75 million Germany: €1000 million Lithuania: €100 million Poland: €300 million Portugal: € 100 million No state aid used Italy: €1000 million * Indicative amounts, end of 2010
6. The broadband vision “ In a few years' time, broadband access will be so cheap ( and ubiquitous ) that we won't even know if we're online or not.” à la Gerd Leonhard – media futurist
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Hinweis der Redaktion
European Commission, DG Competition [Directorate], [Unit]
Broadband development has always been a high priority for the EU (Lisbon strategy, i2010, digital divide, etc) Now a coherent strategy is being developed under the umbrella of the Digital Agenda 101 initiatives to be launched. The most important initiatives concentrating on the supply side of broadband development (i.e. promoting investments to infrastructures) are the following: (1) the Broadband Communication that lays out a common framework for actions at EU and Member State to meet the Europe 2020 broadband targets; (2) the NGA Recommendation which clarifies the regulatory framework; (3) the European Spectrum Policy Programme which creates a coordinated and strategic spectrum policy at EU level; (4) the Broadband Guidelines, which channels increased amount of public funding to high-speed broadband (including funds from national governments, regions, municipalities and EU monies). BB COMM: national bb strategies, use EU funds, importance of non-aid measures (mapping of ducts, other infrastructures that could be used for bb development) Sepctrum policy: 800 Mhz shall be available for bb until 1 January 2013
European Commission, DG Competition [Directorate], [Unit]
European Commission, DG Competition [Directorate], [Unit]
European Commission, DG Competition [Directorate], [Unit]
European Commission, DG Competition [Directorate], [Unit]
European Commission, DG Competition [Directorate], [Unit]
Is competition expensive in short term? Yes! Multiple fibre +10% Open access + 20-50% P2P vs PON +10%
European Commission, DG Competition [Directorate], [Unit]