Brussels, 20/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess the way in which a property tax is applied to British Telecommunications (BT) and Kingston Communications (Kingston) in the United Kingdom (UK). In particular, the Commission will examine whether the way in which the so-called “business rates” tax is levied on telecommunications infrastructure belonging to BT and Kingston complies with EC Treaty rules requiring Member States not to...