EU Antitrust OKs aid to small, medium firms for broadband

(ANSAmed) - ROME, DEC 15 - The European Commission has approved an Italian voucher scheme for a total of 610 million euros to help small and medium-sized companies access high-speed broadband services, saying it does not provide undue competitive advantage.
    Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Margrethe Vestager, said the plan was conceived to "increase the number" of small and medium-sized businesses with a high-speed internet connection "in areas in which adequate infrastructures are available but they are still not used in a sufficient measure".
    This would contribute to their "development" without "undue" interference with competition, she said. (ANSAmed).