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A man walks into a bar...A tale of telecom investment woes
2017-10-13 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
The European telecoms market is very much like a young man going out on the pull and failing. As unlikely as that metaphor might seem, that was the message from many of the stakeholders gathered in Lisbon this week for Connected Europe, although it took industry industry analyst John Strand to put it into those words. Discussions with the investment community show that Europe is considered a less attractive region to invest in than others worldwide, Strand said. "It's basically like if you're single, you go to a bar, you meet a nice girl and she says, 'listen, you're the least attractive man in this bar,'" he said. Strand blames over-regulation for that situation. Telecoms policy in Europe is effectively "a nationalisation of the industry without paying the shareholders a financial compensation for taking over the infrastructure," he said. "We are falling behind," compared with the U…read more on TotalTele.com »
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