Bridging the European digital divide

Bridging the European digital divide featured a programme of senior level speakers from European public sector institutions, leading suppliers of broadband solutions, and independent experts who spoke on and debated the issues confronting the sector.

The programme provided insight and impetus to the provision of essential broadband services throughout Europe, exploring solutions to its urban / rural divide and increasing economic efficiency in the context of competition from the new Asian players.

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(455kb)	Robert Paterson, PricewaterhouseCoopers Business plan for the "digital divide": Key findings and recommendations.
(84kb)	Dr Wendy Piatt, UK Prime Minister's strategy unit The digital strategy: Closing the digital divide.
(2.54mb)	Alain Ducass, DATAR The French experience
(234kb)	Michael Eaton, Broadband Wales Infrastructure for a knowledge economy.
(5.11mb)	Greg Garrison, Menlo Park Europe The broadband future: Interactive, networked and personalized.
(40kb)	Paul Blacker, BT Making broadband happen: A private sector perspective.
(98 KBytes)	Bill Robinson, PricewaterhouseCoopers The case for broadband subsidy.

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