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EU\u2019s Connectivity toolbox and cross-country standards essential to boost overall coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Increasing the speed of roll-out of fibre broadband across member states is a vital component to drive a greener, more competitive economy as Europe gears up for a post pandemic recovery. \u201cThe pandemic and the NextGenerationEU Fund play an impressive role in promoting a boom in supply and demand for digital services,\u201d said Michel Van Bellinghen @michelvanbell, Chairman 2021 of BEREC @BERECeuropaeu (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications) speaking at a webinar.
\nEntitled \u201cA Green and Digital Europe with Full-fibre: Opportunities, Challenges and Best Practices\u201d, the virtual event brought together EU policymakers, industry and experts to discuss how the acceleration of full-fibre roll-out is key to cutting carbon emissions and delivering a greener world. The event took place against the background of the EU\u2019s recently published Connectivity Toolbox, which sets out recommendations of best practices to help facilitate the most efficient roll out of very high-capacity networks, including full-fibre broadband. \u201cFast roll-out of fibre networks is a prerequisite for the long-term competitiveness and sustainability of the EU\u201d, said Van Bellinghen.
\nAccording to new data, for the first time \u201cover 50% of European Countries have over 50% of homes with full fibre\u201d said Vincent Garnier, Director General, FTTH (Fibre to the Home) Council Europe @FTTHCouncilEU, quoting figures from his organisations\u201d \u201c2021 Market Panorama\u201d study. \u201cAs fibre roll out accelerates, it becomes critical to focus on fibre adoption and to plan for copper switch off,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cWith the Digital Decade, the EU wants to ensure that its citizens and businesses have access to a choice of state-of-the-art technologies that will make their life better, safer, and even greener provided they also have the skills to use them. In the post pandemic world, this is how we will shape together a resilient and digitally sovereign Europe,\u201d said Rita Wezenbeek, Director Connectivity of DG CONNECT, European Commission @connectivityEU.
\nLise Fuhr @LiseFuhr, Director General of ETNO @Etnoassociation, the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association, said that \u201cAccelerating the transition to full fibre will require 300 billion investment by the end of the decade. However it can bring huge benefits across Europe – 2.4 million new jobs, annual economic benefits of 113 billion, and 15% carbon emission cuts.\u201d She agreed that \u201cAchieving a full 5G and full fibre scenario is key to meet Europe\u2019s green and digital targets,\u201d stressing that \u201cinvestment conditions must dramatically improve in order to meet these investment targets.\u201d She added that her members, which include Europe\u2019s largest telecom operators, have made huge advances in using renewable energy. She welcomed the \u201dimportant positive steps taken by the new Eu Commission @EU_Commission\u201d, adding that \u201cthe green transition should be a positive incentive to speed up the shift to full-fibre\u201d, although she added that \u201cif we transform it into yet another regulatory stick, it may lead to slowing roll-out rather than speeding it up\u201d.
\n\u201cEnergy consumption and ICT equipment currently produce 2 – 2.5% of annual greenhouse gases\u201d said Harald Gruber, Head of Digital Infrastructure Division, European Investment Bank @EIB. He said that Gigabit Society Targets for VHC broadband networks are well justified and necessary for Europe, but are far beyond what market forces can deliver. He added that the EIB is focusing on areas of higher \u201cmarket failures\u201d that are hindering digital technologies, such as universal access to VHC infrastructure, adoption barriers due to lack of skills, cybersecurity and legacy infrastructures. \u201cFull fibre broadband access networks are a key component to tackle climate change and hence fully endorsed for financing by the EIB,\u201d he said.
\nData from Huawei\u2019s @Huawei lab presented at the conference shows that a shift of just ten thousand users from copper lines to fiber, results in power saving of five hundred and fifty thousand kilowatt-hours per year, equivalent to planting six thousand trees. Richard (Yuzhi) Jin, President, Optical Business Product Line of Huawei, highlighted this and stated that \u201doptical fibre is the greenest broadband technology, and can significantly support Europe’s Green Deal\u201d. He also welcomed EU\u2019s adoption of Guidelines on VHCN, harmonizing the criteria a network has to fulfil to be considered a Very High Capacity Network, therefore providing a basis for improving the overall connectivity status across EU, and the 2030 Digital Compass which prioritises infrastructure.<\/p>\n

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EU\u2019s Connectivity toolbox and cross-country standards essential to boost overall coverage Increasing the speed of roll-out of fibre broadband across member states is a vital component to drive a greener, more competitive economy as Europe gears up for a post pandemic recovery. \u201cThe pandemic and the NextGenerationEU Fund play an impressive role in promoting a … <\/p>\n

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