Bas Burger (born 1970) is a Dutch business executive[1] known for his work in the international telecom industry.
[11] He subsequently attended the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom from 1993 until 1995,[10] where he earned his master of business administration.
[9] His responsibilities as executive vice president[2] included channel and partner management, global sales, and support and development of international business.
[7] Burger has made periodic appearances in the media, often to speak on telecom-related topics[15][16] or to represent BT.
[15] He has also been interviewed on NASDAQ video on topics such as Google's dark fiber projects,[18] and in 2014 he met with government officials in Washington, D.C. to "ask for regulation of special access including Metro Ethernet... to end the negative effects of the effective monopoly held by AT&T and Verizon in the U.S." Burger contended in interviews around that time that both AT&T and Verizon were "manipulating pricing to discourage the move to Ethernet for most companies,"[17] for example appearing on Fox News.
[19] In 2015, Burger stated to the Financial Times[20][21] that BT was being overcharged by Verizon and AT&T for access to their networks, arguing that American monopoly laws were insufficient to guarantee fair market competition among telecom and landline companies.