[eccr] EU split over broadband regulation

EU split over broadband regulation
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Europe's top industry officials have clashed over
competition in the high-speed internet market, in a sign of
rising concerns over the pace of liberalisation in the
sector.  The strongly worded correspondence, seen by the
Financial Times, between Mario Monti, competition
commissioner, and Erkki Liikanen, telecoms commissioner,
highlights their desire to a void blame for the sector's
problems.  The exchange is part of a continuing battle
between the two commissioners over who should take
responsibility for the telecoms sector. Their differences
became apparent in recent weeks with last-minute
manoeuvrings over new rules.  In a letter sent to Mr
Liikanen in November, Mr Monti says that, two years after
the liberalisation launched by the telecom commissioner,
most of the internet market is still in the hands of former
monopolists.  Mr Monti's letter, which was copied to Romano
Prodi, president of the European Commission, says it would
take the EU a further 28 years to reach the level of
competition attained by the US in six years.

Source: 
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c
=StoryFT&cid=1045510917138&p=1012571727092 - FT.com


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