TELECOMMUNICATIONS: COMMISSION CHALLENGES WANADOO OVER INTERNET CHARGES.

ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) technology offers high-speed access to the Internet. But this technology will, before very long, be carrying an increasingly wide range of content. The Commission emphasises that it is therefore essential, during this growth phase, that no single operator should be allowed to capture the market.In September this year, in connection with its ongoing sectoral investigation into the local loop and DSL services, the Commission opened proceedings ex officio into Pack X-Tense and Wanadoo ADSL products marketed by Wanadoo, on the basis of information supplied by France Telecom and its competitors. Wanadoo...