Brussels, 27/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is due, on Tuesday 3 March, to adopt a communication making recommendations to member states on how to improve the access of rural areas to information and communication technologies (ICT). This report comes at just the right time since, as part of the European economic recovery plan, the European Commission has proposed devoting €833 million in rural development funding to develop broadband internet in rural areas.
In the...