On Tuesday 4 August, the European Commission approved, under EU State Aid rules, a €200 million voucher scheme to help low-income families in Italy access high-speed broadband services.
According to Margrethe Vestager, the Executive Vice-President in charge of competition policy, the support will help address the country’s digital divide, which has become even more obvious during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vestager explained that the system will ensure that eligible families will be able to...