A new report carried out by the research and consulting group WIK on the state of play of Next Generation Access (NGA) has found that the target set by Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes for 50% of households to use ultra-fast broadband by 2020 may be at risk because fibre networks have not been effectively opened to competition.
2 March 2012, Amsterdam: A third of the world’s amphibian species face extinction and the European Union has a crucial role in helping stop the decline.
- Business executives’ personality traits are similar across Europe
- Polish executives are more keen on innovation than their European colleagues
A diverse workforce and the decisive allocation of business resources hold the key to reviving Europe’s spirit of enterprise, according to a major new survey by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), Forbes Insights and Ipsos Observer.
(Brussels, 2 March) With the Oscars already a distant memory, all eyes in both the entertainment and tech worlds are now turned on Europe’s cable sector whose annual conference, Cable Congress, takes places in Brussels next week, 7-9 March.
Cable Congress 2012 will be a tight close-up on the industry that brings European consumers premium entertainment, cutting-edge user experience and high value communication packages.
Mechanism receives backing from ACCA, UK Government and bodies representing over 1.2 million UK practitioners
The Social Mobility Toolkit for the Professions, the first common framework to measure the progress of social mobility within the professions, has been launched today on behalf of Professions for Good.
A new 104 billion Euro plan for a pan-European electricity network would cost less than 1% of the consumers' total electricity bill. The plan - drawn up by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) - would bring Europe a step closer to a pan-European grid.
A grand coalition of EPP, S&D and ALDE groups today supported a Commission proposal to end EU tariff preferences for a majority of developing countries. From now on, any country that has a GDP per capita per year of more than $4.000 shall be considered too rich to receive EU generosity.
