| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: Press and Communication Service |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | IP/00/1043 (22.9.00) |
| Publication Date | 22/09/2000 |
| Content Type | News |
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On 22.9.00 Competition Commissioner Mario Monti opened a public hearing in Brussels to discuss the preliminary findings of the Commission's leased lines investigation, the first leg of the telecommunications sector inquiry launched in 1999. Among the results of the inquiry, the Commission has found that incumbents' prices for leased lines may be excessive for low bandwidths in Luxembourg and Spain and also possibly in Belgium and Sweden. For medium bandwidth incumbents' prices are above average in Italy and Ireland, and possibly in Portugal, Belgium, France and Spain as well. For high bandwidth the prices of the incumbents in Italy and Portugal appear to be above the average, with the UK possibly falling into this category though comparisons are not certain in this area. |
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| Source Link | http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/00/1043&format=HTML&rapid=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en |
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| Subject Categories | Business and Industry, Internal Markets |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
