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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10393

8 June 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/broadband
Satellites may attain 100% coverage goal

Brussels, 07/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - During a conference at the European Parliament last week, the commissioner responsible for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, defended the use of wireless broadband, and particularly the use of satellites, to reach the goal of 100% broadband coverage for Europeans by 2013. This goal has almost been attained as, today, 95% of consumers do have broadband. However, that also means that 10 million people, in rural or isolated areas, still do not have...

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