European Commission considers NGN "risk premium"
The European Commission is considering the merits of pushing for a Europe-wide next generation network (NGN).
The Commission is said to be "discussing the final details" of plans to offer NGN operators a "risk premium" of around 15 per cent.
EU information society commissioner Viviane Reding said the plans would mean companies investing in fibre networks would be able to charge extra fees to any competitor using their infrastructure.
"We want to encourage investment into next generation access networks by a stable and predictable regulatory environment," she said.
"We are still discussing the final details of this in the Commission, but I believe that the best way for encouraging long-term investment is to establish a priori a number of principles that national regulators should take into account when regulating access prices with regard to next generation access networks.
"In my personal view, these should include a risk premium of around 15 per cent."
Optical fibre next generation networks allow faster and wider transmission of data and are considered the future of telecoms infrastructure.
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