Brussels, 01/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - The unbundling of the local loop, indispensable for developing competition and putting broadband Internet within the reach of citizens, has so far been very unsatisfactory within the Union. This is shown by the results of a study by law firm Squire, Sanders and Dempsey on behalf of the European Commission and under the EFTA Surveillance Authority.
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