Brussels, 20/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - Through a large majority and nevertheless amending some aspects, the European Parliament's Committee on Industry and External Trade approved the European Commission's proposal for a regulation on the unbundling of local loops. The "local loop" is a copper cable that links the end-user of a telecommunications network. "Unbundling", that the regulation would impose on traditional operators, consists in enabling competitors to accede to the network and,...