Brussels, 28/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission authorised the acquisition of the Irish telecommunications operator Esat by the British British Telecoms. The Commission noted that this operation does not pose any problems for competition in general in the Irish market to the extent where it only reinforces BT against to old monopoly Eircom who remains, by far, the most powerful operator. The Commission also feels that the rapid development of Internet access enables them to...