10,796 Digital Agenda for Europe, Newsroom Update, 29-03-2013

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PRESS RELEASE
Less digging = cheaper broadband. Commission proposes rules to cut broadband installation costs
(26 March 2013) The European Commission today proposed new rules to cut by 30% the cost of rolling out high-speed Internet. Civil engineering, such as the digging up of roads to lay down fibre, accounts for up to 80% of the cost of deploying high-speed networks. Today’s proposal may save companies EUR 40 to 60 billion.
Less digging = more broadband. What does this mean for …: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-287_en.htm

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Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda: Getting every home and town in Europe «broadband ready»
Press conference on Commission draft regulation to cut broadband installation costs, Brussels

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Neelie Kroes,Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda: The big data revolution
EIT Foundation Annual Innovation Forum, Brussels, 26 March

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Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda: Making Europe the home of eBooks
«Le Numerique, au coeur de la future croissance europeenne» event organised by EuropaNova, Paris Book Fair