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The Investments & ESG Committee brings together the work of the Council's former Investors, Sustainability and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committees under a single structure, reflecting how closely capital, environmental performance and social responsibility are now linked in digital infrastructure.

The Committee provides a forum for investors, operators and industry experts to examine the financial and non-financial factors shaping fibre and data centre investment across Europe. Its scope spans the investment landscape and financing conditions for network rollout, the environmental footprint and sustainability credentials of fibre infrastructure, and the governance and diversity practices that support a resilient, competitive industry.

By combining these perspectives, the Committee aims to give members a clearer view of how ESG considerations influence investment decisions,  and how the sector can demonstrate its value to the investors, policymakers and stakeholders who rely on that evidence.

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Panel "Do the economics of fibre buildouts stack up?" at Telecoms Europe LIVE

EventPanel "Do the economics of fibre buildouts stack up?" at Telecoms Europe LIVE
SpeakerVincent Garnier – Director General
Date and time: 7 June 2023, 10:20 GMT
Location: Cavendish Conference Centre - London, United Kingdom
OrganiserMobile Europe


Our Director General Vincent Garnier moderated a roundtable panel discussion as part of the programme of Telecoms Europe LIVE. The session featured some high-level representatives from the UK and broader European market such as Clayton Nash, Strategy Director at CityFibre, Oliver Helm, CEO at Full Fibre, and José Pedro Nascimento, Director of Network Engineering and Operations at Altice Portugal, who shared their views on the main trends impacting the telecom industry.

Abstract:

Rival fibre providers are overbuilding, and suffering from low conversions rates of paying subscribers from premises passed and downward price pressure. Can customer experience really be a differentiator? How is private funding changing the market? COVID drove a boom in fibre build-outs in Europe – what other geopolitical and economic factors are having an impact now? Are their new developments in fibre and deployment technologies that help the economics?

 

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