Event: Broadband Breakfast Live Online
Speaker: Vincent Garnier - Director General, FTTH Council Europe
Moderator: CEO Drew Clark
Date: 22nd October, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m
Location: Live Online
Organiser: Broadband Breakfast
Europe had long sought a "third way" in digital governance, aiming to strike a balance between market competition and robust consumer protection. However, recent major legislative efforts-including the European Union’s Digital Marketing Act of 2023 and other telecom regulations-had raised a critical question: Were these policies inadvertently forcing Europe and its businesses into sluggish growth?
Vincent Garnier of the FTTH Council Europe and other experts joined for a lively debate to discuss Europe's tech and telecom regulatory environment and what the continent needed to do if it was to catch up globally. The discussion covered the impact of the EU's regulatory framework on telecom investment and the acceleration of full-fibre deployment, providing insight into the challenges of balancing digital values with the necessity of economic scale and growth.
