Between June 1 – 3, 2007, the President of ANRCTI, Dan Georgescu, participated in Athens in the conference “Exploring the Global Dynamics of Broadband Internet”, organised by the Greek Commission for Telecommunications and Post.
“The national policies aiming at developing the broadband Internet access services, the regulatory actions which must be undertaken to this end, as well as the international partnerships formed in this respect constitute aspects leading the broadband Internet towards global dynamics. In Romania, the access to such services is continually growing and the actions undertaken by ANRCTI aim at stimulating the demand of broadband services and at developing the broadband Internet access market”, Dan Georgescu declared within the conference.
The President of ANRCTI participated as a speaker in the second day of the conference, dedicated to the international applications of the broadband Internet, during the session regarding regulatory actions undertaken in order to promote the broadband Internet access services. Romania and Greece currently deal with the same problems as regards these services, both from this sector’s development stage viewpoint and from that of the necessity to increase the number of Internet broadband connections as fast as possible.
“In order to be able to avoid the risks of deepening the digital gap, which would amplify the existent differences between the states of the European Union, it is necessary to re-evaluate the advantages and opportunities in view of developing the broadband Internet access services and adapting our interventions to the actual problems of Romania”, Dan Georgescu added.
The conference was also attended by the European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, Viviane Reding, the Greek Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Michalis Liapis, the Greek Minister for Development, Dimitris Sioufas, as well as the Greek Minister for Mass-media, Theodoros Roussopoulos. The event gathered representatives of European ministries and regulatory authorities and of international organisations in the electronic communications field, as well as representatives of the academic community, of the market and of certain non-governmental organisations.