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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8157

23 February 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/telecommunications
Commission to abolish benchmark price for inter-connection between network operators

Brussels, 22/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the European Commission welcomed the fall in the cost of calls between telephone networks in the Community, and, on the initiative of Commissioner Erkki Liikanen, adopted a recommendation that gradually abolishes benchmark prices for interconnection fees between network operators. On that occasion, Mr. Liikanen declared: "Interconnection charges for call termination on fixed telecommunications networks have reduced considerably in the EU...

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