Sinking in FERTILE GRTILE GROUND

摘要

Almost 20 years after the initial thrust of pan-European telecom liberalization, phase two ― to make Europe an open market for broadband access ― appears to have ground to a halt. Again it is the fault of the incumbents, which seem hell-bent on not giving in fully to competition. What's going on, as the dream of affordable broadband access to residential users appears to be slipping away? And it all started so well.