Press Release: Commission asks incumbent operators to provide information on local loop access

On 12.7.00 the Commission sent a request for information to the incumbent telecommunications operators to find out whether, and under what conditions, they allow their competitors access to the local loop. The purpose of the enquiry is to detect any abuses of a dominant position. These new requests for information mark the third stage of the sectoral enquiry on the telecommunications industry initiated by the Commission on 27.7.99; the first two stages, concerning leased lines and mobile roaming agreements, were launched at the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000.

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