Brussels, 11/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - On 8 April, the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a EUR 500 million loan, divided into two tranches of EUR 125 and 375 million, to Telefonica in Spain, for adapting its local loop to broadband services across the existing telephony network. Classed as telecoms infrastructure of European interest (TEN), the project will allow the deployment of technologies such as ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), ATM/IP (Asynchronous Transfer Mode/Internet...