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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8951

21 May 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 32
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission approves joint venture between Belgacom and Swisscom

Brussels, 20/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - Belgacom and Swisscom have received a go-ahead from the European Commission for their proposed joint venture in the field of international telecommunications carrier services. The partnership between the incumbent telecommunications operator in Belgium and that of Switzerland will not significantly hamper competition within the European Economic Area (EEA), the Commission said. Belgacom is controlled by the Belgian State, which owns 50% of its share...

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