1. Autor / Thema der Präsentation
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EPP-ED Public Hearing: ‘Telecom Package’
Roland Doll, Vice President International Government Relations,
Deutsche Telekom AG Brussels, March

2. Autor / Thema der Präsentation
Deutsche Telekom in Europe…
Autor / Thema der Präsentation
Operation of Fixed
and/or Mobile networks
Provision of integrated ICT solutions for business costumers
Denmark
Sweden
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
Poland
Czech Republic
Slovakia
The Netherlands
Hungaria
Belgium
Croatia
Switzerland
Montenegro
As a result, Europe has lost its one-time leadership in broadband services. In 2006, it installed one million fiber-optic lines in the subscriber network (FTTX), thereby lagging far behind Japan and Korea, which installed 8 and 2 million respectively, and being passed by the U.S., which installed 1.8 million.
Austria
Turkey
Portugal
Macedonia
Spain
Italy

3. Autor / Thema der Präsentation
Asia and the US successfully extend their fiber-based infrastructure.
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Number of fibre-based connection subscribers (IDATE 2007) 12
2006 10 8 6
Subscribers in Mio. 4
2004
2007 2
2007
2004
As a result, Europe has lost its one-time leadership in broadband services. In 2006, it installed one million fiber-optic lines in the subscriber network (FTTX), thereby lagging far behind Japan and Korea, which installed 8 and 2 million respectively, and being passed by the U.S., which installed 1.8 million.
2004
Europe*
USA
Asia**
* EU-5, The Netherlands, Sweden ** Korea, Japan (2007 figures n.a.)
Source: IDATE (2007)

4. Autor / Thema der Präsentation
Investment levels in telecommunications - Successful turnaround after deregulation.
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Telecommunications-Investment per capita (OECD 2007)
US Dollar
100
150
200
2003
2004
2005
Asia**
USA
Europe*
Europe lags behind competing economic regions in terms of Telco-investments. Per capita levels are 50% higher in the US than in Europe.
In addition, investment rates in the US are rising due to consistent deregulation.
Result: the investment gap is widening.
*EU-15 **Japan, Korea
Source: OECD (2007)

5. Autor / Thema der Präsentation
Limits on Internet access capacity will eventually hamper innovation and growth.
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1) nemertes research, The Internet Singularity, Delayed: Why Limits in Internet Capacity Will Stifle Innovation on the Web, November 2007

6. Autor / Thema der Präsentation
Deregulation intended by Review ‘99 has not been achieved despite competitive market development.
Autor / Thema der Präsentation
Chart by European Commission, DG Infso, Nov. 2001, road show on the Review ’99

7. Autor / Thema der Präsentation
Conclusions.
Autor / Thema der Präsentation
The European Telecoms sector faces major challenges: against the backdrop of shrinking revenues in the sector, new fibre based access networks and next generation mobile broadband networks have to be rolled out to secure Europe’s competitiveness in the next decade.
Europe lags behind East Asia and North America in the deployment of high-speed next generation access networks and in overall investment levels.
Rapid increase in data traffic will lead to a multiplication of capacity required by consumers and businesses from fixed and mobile networks.
The regulatory concepts of the past have been successful in opening up former monopolistic markets but they are not adequate for stimulating investments in new fibre based access networks. The review must give answers how to adapt the regulatory regime to the investment challenge facing the industry.
If we want to stimulate growth in the telecommunications sector with positive spill over effects for the entire EU economy, deregulation must now be implemented, instead of further extending regulation. In order to achieve such a move towards the application of general competition law, legally binding exit rules are needed.