Thursday, September 27, 2022
11:00 a.m. — 12:45 p.m. CET
Résidence Palace
155 rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels
Europe has ambitious targets for telco connectivity – and very real investment needs. But what’s the best way to attract the capital Europe so clearly requires? Some say the best idea is a tax or fee leveraged on so-called “content and application providers” to create a unique, two-sided market – generating new revenue streams for telcos but adding additional costs to consumers and content producers alike. Others see an opportunity for the European Commission to build on its landmark approach to modern telecommunications: creating framework conditions that attract investment, open markets to new entrants and drive forward a vibrant European data economy in a triple win for citizens, businesses and government alike.
At this high-level roundtable, co-convened by two leading transatlantic think tanks – The Lisbon Council in Brussels and Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) in Washington DC – leading telecommunications-sector experts will present new evidence and incisive analysis intended to form a backdrop to ongoing debate on Europe’s telco financing needs. Michael Mandel, vice-president and chief economist of PPI, and Malena Dailey, technology policy analyst, will present Funding the Next Generation of European Broadband Networks, a new policy brief comparing telco investment strategies between the U.S. and Europe and asking a crucial question: who got it right?
A High-Level Panel of leading telco experts will chime in with additional contributions on the outlook ahead.
Panelists:
Malena Dailey, technology policy analyst, PPI; co-author, Funding the Next Generation of European Broadband Networks
Michael Mandel, vice-president and chief economist, PPI; co-author, Funding the Next Generation of European Broadband Networks
Konstantinos Masselos, president, Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission, Greece; professor, department of informatics and telecommunications, University of Peloponnese; vice-chair (incoming), Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC)
Rita Wezenbeek, director, connectivity, directorate-general for communications networks, content and technology, European Commission TBC
Paul Hofheinz, president and co-founder, the Lisbon Council (Moderator)
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