The table of contents of this newsletter is reproduced below:

NEWS 2
1. COMPETITION 2

• BRAZIL Infrastructure sharing between telecom service providers 2
  BRAZIL Competition introduced in wireline telephony market 2
  EGYPT Telecom Industry liberalisation 2
  EU Communication on State aid and public service broadcasting 2
  ITALY Wireless local loop 3
  LEBANON Privatisation of the telecom sector 3
  SPAIN Resolution on dominant operators 3

2. COMPUTER CRIME 4

• THE NETHERLANDS Virus creator sanctioned 4

3. CONSUMER PROTECTION 4

• EU Green Paper adopted 4
  EU Soft law and the consumer interest 4

4. CONTENT OF INTERNET, AUDIO-VISUAL AND INFORMATION SERVICES 4

• FRANCE Search engine liability 4

5. CONTRACT LAW 5

• GERMANY Reform on contract law 5

6. CONVERGENCE 6

• INDIA Information Technology ministries to be merged 6
  INDIA ISPs not allowed in net telephony 6

7. DATA PROTECTION 6

• EU Data flows from EU to third countries 6
  LUXEMBOURG Condemned for non-implementation of data protection directive 6

8. DOMAIN NAMES 7

• AUSTRIA Court Ruling on public institutions domain names 7
  CANADA Court declines jurisdiction in domain name dispute 7

9. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 7

• CANADA Quebec adopts e-commerce legislation 7

10. FINANCIAL SERVICES 8

• EU Agreement on proposed directive for distance selling of financial services 8
  INDIA Stiff disclosure norms for 'dotcoms' 8

11. INFORMATION SOCIETY POLICY 8

• EU Council of Europe's recommendation on self-regulation 8
  INDIA Draft quality of service rules for ISPs 8
  MEXICO e-Mexico project 9

12. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 9

• CANADA Court overturns online trademark infringement action 9

13. MEDIA 9

• CHILE Analysis of digital television technological standard 9
  IRELAND New regulatory approach on ownership and control 10
  NEW ZEALAND Restructuring of State broadcaster 10

14. TARIFFS 10

• AUSTRIA Landmark decisions on mobile interconnection pricing 10
  GERMANY new interconnection rate structure 10
  SPAIN Levy for reservation of radio-electric spectrum 11

15. TELECOMMUNICATIONS 11

• BRAZIL New rules for Multimedia Communications Services 11
  BRAZIL 3.5 GHz and 10.5 GHz frequency auctions 11
  GERMANY Court decision on limited validity of phone cards 11
  ITALY Rights of way review 12
  MEXICO Public bid for Mexican orbital position 12
  PORTUGAL Incumbent intends to buy the PSTN 12
  SPAIN Regulation on mobile antennae 13
  SPAIN Regulation on MVNOs 13
  UK Oftel confirms co-mingling for local loop unbundling 13
  UK BT and One2One lose 3G auction case 13

16. UNIVERSAL SERVICE 14

• SPAIN Telefónica estimates the loss generated by the provision
  of the Universal Service 14
  
  COMMENTARIES 15
  CHILE Decision from the antitrust board on tariffs freedom regime 15
  EU Regulating with Competition Law: Why the proposed use of dominance
  to trigger EC telecom regulation is flawed 15
  INTERNATIONAL Offering securities via the internet: towards a safer
  international regulatory environment 16

MEXICO Foreign investment in the Telecommunications Industry:
perspective under the WTO and Mexico an law (part I) 18
UK Regulation at a crossroads: broadband pointing the way 20

EVENTS 22
BELGIUM Forum on cybercrime 22
GERMANY Interconnection in Berlin 22
US San Diego Internet Conference 22

EDITOR / EDITORIAL BOARD 23
TABLE OF CONTENTS BY COUNTRY 24