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Following a recent report by the EU into the provision of high-speed broadband services throughout Europe, telecommunications commissioner Viviane Reding has announced that more still needs to be done to improve access.

Released on Wednesday, the 13th report on the implementation of the telecommunications regulatory package finds that gains have been made in increasing market penetration throughout Europe in 2007.

Eight EU member states were found to be ahead of the US in terms of the percentage of households that had access to high-speed broadband services, with Britain included in the list.

The Netherlands, Denmark and Finland had the highest levels of penetration, well ahead of the US, where 22.1 per cent of the population had access to broadband.

Ms Reding stated that while the improvements were a step in the right direction, the market should now aim to increase overall penetration to 30 per cent across all 27 states by 2010.

Her comments further last year's finding, which reported that while gains had been made in providing consumer choice, suppliers need to capitalise on a European single market more to provide further choice.

Vonage is allowing broadband users to make cheap calls throughout Europe and the rest of the world using their internet connection, with the V-Plan 2 package providing inclusive calls to over 15 countries.