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Written by Stefano De Luca (1st edition).
The EU’s digital decade connectivity target aims at ensuring a fixed gigabit network (1 Gbps) covers all EU households, and for 5G coverage for all populated areas by 2030. A high-quality digital infrastructure based on such very high-capacity networks would underpin almost all sectors of a modern and innovative economy. The long-term success of a digital economy based on the internet of things, machine-to-machine technologies, cloud computing and big data, will crucially depend on access to the highest quality telecommunications infrastructure.
The proposed gigabit infrastructure act, introducing a regulation that would review and replace the existing Broadband Cost Reduction Directive, aims at facilitating and stimulating the provision of very high-capacity networks by promoting the joint use of existing physical infrastructure and by enabling a more efficient deployment of new physical infrastructure, so that such networks can be rolled out faster and at lower cost.
In Parliament, the file has been allocated to the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE).
Versions
- June 2023: Gigabit infrastructure act (1st edition)
| Proposal for a regulation laying down measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks and repealing directive 2014/61/EU |
| Committees responsible: | Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) | COM(2023) 0094 23.02.2023 |
| Rapporteur: | Alin Mituța (Renew, Romania) | 2023/0046(COD) |
| Shadow rapporteurs: | Angelika Winzig (EPP, Austria) Beatrice Covassi (S&D, Italy) Niklas Nienass (Greens/EFA, Germany) Johan Nissinen (ECR, Sweden) Georg Mayer (ID, Austria) Elena Kountoura (The Left, Greece) | Ordinary legislative procedure (COD) (Parliament and Council on equal footing – formerly ‘co-decision’) |
| Next steps expected: Publication of draft report |
There is no internet coverage at all in BT82 0SS by that I mean the internet is so poor that it will not go further than the amber light on the router. A BT engineer has been to the property on 3 occasions but to no avail. Surely this is totally unacceptable whilst other areas are enjoying and experiencing 5G coverage. In 2023 there be should be no areas that have no coverage at all.