We must accelerate on broadband distribution say EU regions

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 24 - It is necessary to promote technological infrastructure that guarantees widespread access to broadband, including in rural zones and sparsely populated areas, according to the second Broadband Platform meeting.
    The meeting brought together members of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) with European Commission experts and a representative of last year's Portuguese Presidency of the European Council.
    The debate was an opportunity to exchange information about the latest developments concerning key European initiatives in the field and to discuss critical challenges around the empirical measurement of digitalisation progress.
    Statistics expert Martin Gauk of ESPON, the European cooperation programme specialised in regional-policy analysis, presented different approaches to collecting data to estimate cities' and regions' degree of digitalisation.
    The participants also examined the good practices included in the Connectivity Toolbox and the review of the Broadband Cost Reduction Directive. (ANSA).