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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9750

30 September 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/telecommunications
Should broadband become universal service?

Brussels, 29/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - Should the obligations provided for in the 2002 directive be extended to include mobile telephony and broadband internet access? A European Commission report, published on Thursday 25 September, tries to bring an answer to that question. While the response to extending universal service obligations to mobile telephony is a clearly no, with the market very adequately providing general coverage for all citizens with subscriptions currently running at a...

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