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Scandinavia tops Digital Economy and Society Index

March 6, 2017 07.54 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Denmark, Finland and Sweden come up top at the Digital Economy and Society Index, just published by the European Commission.

Following the top three are The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Belgium, the UK, Ireland, Estonia and Austria. Germany follows at 11.

The results show that 74% of European homes subscribe to fixed broadband, and over one third of these connections are high-speed. The number of high-speed subscriptions went up by 74% in two years. 4G mobile networks cover on average 84% of the EU’s population (measured as the average of each mobile telecom operator’s coverage within each country).

Germany, Latvia, Sweden and Lithuania have consistently scored best since 2013 on the percentage of harmonised spectrum effectively assigned to wireless broadband. These countries all have higher than average 4G coverage. This is why it is vital that Member States follow a policy of getting additional spectrum rapidly into the market. This is also essential in order to meet strategic connectivity objectives for 2025:

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Filed Under: Newsline, Research Tagged With: Digital Economy and Society Index, European Commission, Scandinavia Edited: 6 March 2017 07:54

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Arnhem-based Robert covers the Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as IPTV, web TV, connected TV and OTT. Email Robert at rbriel@broadbandtvnews.com.

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