Vodafone Warns About Cost of Europe's 'Entrenched Digital Divide'
Failure to tackle digital transformation could cost the EU more than $1.5 trillion in lost GDP by 2033, Vodafone said in a report released Sunday. The report, titled “A Bridge Across Communities,” said Europe’s “entrenched digital divide -- from gaps…
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in skills and coverage to unequal access to devices and digital public services -- is now a strategic vulnerability for the continent’s economy, society, and democratic resilience.” While connectivity has become “as fundamental to daily life as electricity or heating, millions remain excluded,” with 44% of EU citizens lacking “basic digital skills” and 20% of rural households still without 5G coverage last year.