{"id":23879,"date":"2026-02-03T19:46:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=23879"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:46:53","slug":"european-telecom-ceos-meet-with-eu-leaders-to-discuss-connectivity-competitiveness-and-tech-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=23879","title":{"rendered":"European telecom CEOs meet with EU leaders to discuss connectivity, competitiveness and tech sovereignty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The discussions focused on the strategic role of connectivity networks in strengthening Europe\u2019s competitiveness, resilience and technological sovereignty, at a time when digital infrastructure has become a critical enabler of economic growth, security and innovation across the continent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Connect Europe convened senior executives from Europe\u2019s leading connectivity providers in Brussels for high-level exchanges with Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, and Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition.<br \/>\nDuring the exchanges, telecom leaders underlined the importance of investment-friendly policies, scale and innovation in digital networks, and a coherent EU framework to support Europe\u2019s ambitions on digital leadership, sustainability and strategic autonomy.<br \/>\nThe following industry leaders participated in the meetings: Marc Murtra, CEO, Telef\u00f3nica; Pietro Labriola, CEO, TIM; Dominique Leroy, CEO Europe, Deutsche Telekom; Ana Figueiredo, CEO, MEO Portugal; Lars Thomsen, CEO, Telenor Denmark; Margherita Della Valle, CEO, Vodafone Group, and Alessandro Gropelli, Director General, Connect Europe.<br \/>\nEurope\u2019s connectivity leaders reaffirmed their commitment to working closely with EU institutions to ensure that world-class digital infrastructure continues to support Europe\u2019s competitiveness, innovation capacity and long-term strategic sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Above, image credited to Connect Europe<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The discussions focused on the strategic role of connectivity networks in strengthening Europe\u2019s competitiveness, resilience and technological sovereignty, at a time when digital infrastructure has become a critical enabler of economic growth, security and innovation across the continent Connect Europe convened senior executives from Europe\u2019s leading connectivity providers in Brussels for high-level exchanges with Roberta &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=23879\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u00abEuropean telecom CEOs meet with EU leaders to discuss connectivity, competitiveness and tech sovereignty\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23881,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23879\/revisions\/23881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}