In an opinion article published this Monday in The Times, the main executives of both groups, José María Álvarez-Pallete, president of Telefónica, and Mike Fries, executive director and vice-president of Liberty Global, flag that problems on the regulatory front, as well in the approval of infrastructure plans, means that the UK has fallen behind other countries like Spain, France, Portugal, San Marino or Madagascar in terms of coverage and broadband speed.