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"We feel bound to criticise the assumptions underlying this report, in particular those concerning faster liberalisation of the telecommunications sector, which are founded on the basic premise that this process has brought benefits to the users of these services. We only need to look at Portugal’s experience in this respect.
Portugal Telecom, a public enterprise which has received billions of escudos of public investment, has been partially privatised, which has led to an increase in charges to what are called ‘residential users’ – the majority of the population – who today face the ‘highest charges in Europe’. As regards the workforce, thousands of jobs have been cut, stricter working conditions have been introduced, and in many cases workers are poorly paid and have few rights. In other words, the overriding aim has been to maximise profit in a sector which is already highly profitable, and this has led to cuts in investment which have affected the quality of the overall service provided for the majority of users.
We do not think this is the right way to proceed. We need a modern public telecommunications service which embraces technical and scientific progress. We need an affordable public service based on equal access and guaranteed users’ rights – a service that forms part of balanced development. We also want to see improvements in conditions of employment for the workforce in this sector."@en1
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