ICT : BRUEGEL ADVISES EU TO FOCUS ON INVESTMENTS.

Bruegel, an influential EU affairs think tank, recommends that the European Commission concentrate less on network infrastructure policies in its future digital agenda and focus instead on investments in new information and communication technologies (ICT) with strong potential for growth.

In a six-page document, Bruegel adds: "Rather than giving consumers access to current technologies at short-run competitive prices, your emphasis should be on innovation and new business creation, thus ensuring for users continued access to the best technologies possible at long-run competitive prices". The authors, Reinhilde Veugelers and Bruno van Pottelsberghe, continue: "To this end, integrated EU ICT markets, effective competition and greater innovation capacity need to be your targets".

The document is addressed in particular to...