1. COMPETITION 2

• SPAIN Investigation of mobile operators termination price 2
• SPAIN Telefónica fined for EUR 3.5 million 2

2. COMPUTER CRIME 2

• LUXEMBOURG Bill on EU arrest warrant introduced 2

3. CONSUMER PROTECTION 2

• GERMANY Computer amusement Arcades 2

• LUXEMBOURG New Bill for distance selling 3

• UK Draft guidelines on consumer Codes of Practice 3

4. DATA PROTECTION 3

• ARGENTINA EU approves Data Protection regime 3

5. DIGITAL SIGNATURES 3

• ARGENTINA Regulation of Digital Signature Act 3

6. DOMAIN NAMES 4

• COLOMBIA UK.CO no longer in the air 4

• SWITZERLAND Recent case law regarding domain names 4

7. E-COMMERCE 5

• FRANCE Follow-up on Yahoo! trial: is it really the end? 5
• GERMANY Price indication regulation revised 5
• LUXEMBOURG Future changes to e-commece law 6

8. ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT 6

• COLOMBIA Electronic communications and civil procedures 6

9. FINANCIAL SERVICES 7

• LUXEMBOURG Outsourcing financial services activities 7

10. INFORMATION SOCIETY POLICY 7

• ARGENTINA ISPs duty to block specific web sites 7

• EU Commission urges to move to Broadband 7

• UK Consultation about new electronic communications 7

11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 8

• COLOMBIA Interconnection of Andean TM offices shows progress 8

• ITALY Intellectual property reform 8

• LUXEMBOURG Community Patent: Agreement- Finally! 8

• LUXEMBOURG Music industry slates draft piracy directive 9

• US Accession to the Madrid Protocol 9

12. MARKET ACCESS 9

• BRAZIL Anatel to auction broadband spectrum 9

13. MEDIA 10

• BRAZIL Offering of multimedia communications services 10

• PORTUGAL Digital TV back to square one 10

14. PROTECTION OF PRIVACY 10

• GERMANY Exclusion of evidence on overheard telephone calls 10

• SOUTH AFRICA New law may affect monitoring employee e-mail 10

15. TARIFFS 11

• CHILE New telecom tariff-setting procedure 11

• ITALY Charges for termination of communications 11

• MEXICO Basic services offered by Telmex subject to a cap 11

16. TAX 12

• BRAZIL Immunity for broadcasting companies unconstitutional 12

• TURKEY New tax law affects family corporations 12

17. TELECOMMUNICATIONS 12

• LUXEMBOURG Sectoral plan for mobile network antennae 12

• MEXICO Impasse on federal Telecom Law remains 13

• SPAIN Consequences of mobile phone service interruption 13

• SPAIN Interim measures on directory services 13

• SWITZERLAND Decree to unbundle local loop 13

• UK Proposals for changes to the licensing regime 14

18. TRADE LAW 14

• COLOMBIA Establishment of high-tech free trade zones 14

19. UNIVERSAL SERVICE 15

• UK Proposals for designating universal service providers 15

EDITOR / EDITORIAL BOARD 16
TABLE OF CONTENTS BY COUNTRY 17