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23-10-2014, 04:34
Neelie Kroes gave a passionate plea calling for an end to a divided Europe during her final keynote speech as VP of the Digital Agenda at the European Commission.Speaking to a full to capacity auditorium at the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam, Kroes stated that Europe is split between the digital haves and the analogue have-nots.Going so far as to compare the connectivity divide of today with the political divisions that marked the second half of the 20th century, Kroes asserted that inertia and vested interest from telco operators is making progress harder than it need be. Making a play on words made famous by Elvis Presley, Kroes called for