Opening Europe's telephone business to competition.

On January 1st 1998, by decision of the European Union's 15 member states, all of their telecommunications markets were to have been opened to full competition. In practice, it will take longer in many of the countries, sometimes quite a bit longer. The objective was to create a deregulated and...

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Published in:	IEEE spectrum 35, 10 (1998).
Main Author:	Tandon, V.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	European Union. Internet service providers. Cable TV operators. Competition. Deregulated single telecommunications market. Foreign telecom operators. Former telephone monopolies. Harmonized single telecommunications market. Managed network service providers. Power companies. Rail companies. Telecommunications markets. Telephone business. Unified telecommunications market.