Almost exactly a year to the day that Liberty Global bosses reluctantly revealed the transition from CableEurope to GigaEurope, the message from the newly rebranded trade association’s launch live stream was clear – consolidation, consolidation, consolidation. From the moment Faultline walked through the doors of Cable Congress 2019 in Berlin, the difference in tone was palpable from previous years. Fresh from Vodafone entering the cable market via the acquisition of assets from Liberty Global, the UK telco’s influence set a new precedent for the event and for the European broadband economy, bringing not just mobile technology to the Cable/Giga party, but a mobile mindset and mobile regulations. That all came to pass this week, as fluffy speeches from GigaEurope representatives…