New EU rules prevent optical networks from being monopolized

According to a new regulation issued by the European Commission in Monday, several large European telecoms operators will be forced to open high-speed fibre-optic broadband networks to smaller rivals. According to the European Union's draft, large telecoms providers are required to offer a non-discriminatory price to smaller competitors.　　The EU says the new rules will promote competition and innovation in the broadband market, which is crucial for European growth. In Europe, because of the nearly 50-year history of broadband networks based on copper cables, large European telecoms companies have invested heavily in replacing copper cables with cable to provide high-speed broadband Internet access. Some of the operators in the front refused to open fibre-optic networks to rivals in order to maintain market status without recycling costs.　　Some small operators are so worried about being squeezed by mainstream technology that they will eventually be forced out of the market, a new provision that would benefit them. The head of the European Telecommunication Competition Association said: "Many competition operators are facing bankruptcy or sale at a time of technological transformation." This is not what we want to see, we think the price is not transparent, so the sooner we should take action the better. "Tang