The European Commission has cleared the creation of a major digital telecoms network …

Date: 27/03/1997

...between British Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, France Télécom, Telecom Italia and Telefónica de España. The accord will allow the firms to link their circuits to create a high-quality fibre-optics system called Global European Network (GEN). Welcoming a move that should improve the quality of cross-border communications, the Commission nevertheless warned the companies that they should not discriminate when leasing lines to rivals.