A report released by the European Court of Auditors last Tuesday showed that although the overall EU broadband coverage has improved on the whole, not all goals for 2020 can be achieved.
The Audit Office said that the EU ’s goal is to ensure that half of European households have ultra-high-speed broadband connections by 2020, and progress is far behind the target, especially in rural areas. Although almost all member states have achieved the goal of basic broadband coverage, the fast (over 30 megabits per second) and ultra-high speed (over 100 megabits per second) broadband targets for 2020 are likely not to be achieved. In most member countries, rural areas still have problems; in all 28 member countries, 14 countries have rural areas with broadband coverage rates below 50%. In addition, by mid-2017, only 15% of households used ultra-high-speed broadband.
The main problems found are as follows: 1. Although all the member countries visited have prepared broadband strategies, some countries have finalized their broadband strategies later, and their goals are not always consistent with those set at the EU level. 2. Competition among suppliers is important for the development of broadband infrastructure, but not all member countries visited have established an appropriate legal and regulatory environment. Some areas, especially those far from cities, are not attractive to the private sector; without public support, these areas are at risk of continuing to lag behind in broadband access. 3. The financing needs of broadband infrastructure in rural and suburban areas have not always been properly addressed, and the support of the European Investment Bank has not focused on the areas most in need. According to the European Commission, reaching the European 2020 broadband target requires 250 billion euros in all member states. About half of this amount may be used in rural areas. Despite these problems, if Hungary, Ireland and Italy are implemented as planned, they may very well achieve the European Commission ’s 2025 target.
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