Helios was pleased to sponsor the 'Every European Digital': The Challenge of Bridging the Broadband Gap' conference which took place on 31 May in Brussels.

Speaking at the event, Helios Director Richard Womersley addressed an increasingly hot topic: "Can spectrum be used to achieve broadband for all using terrestrial wireless broadband networks?"

Download Richard's speech now.

The European Commission’s Digital Agenda Action Plan aims to to give every European citizen access to basic broadband by 2013, enabling Europe to boost job creation, promote economic prosperity and improve the daily lives of citizens and businesses.

The conference aimed to look at the path from now to 2013, take stock of the obstacles standing in the way of achieving 100% coverage, explore the role that new broadband infrastructure can play and consider how broadband for all can be funded.

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