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NEWS 2
1. COMPETITION 2

• EGYPT Consumer protection and competition 2
  IRELAND Leading mobile operator found not dominant 2

2. CONSUMER PROTECTION 2

• NORWAY distance selling – withdrawal right 2

3. CONTENT OF INTERNET, AUDIO-VISUAL AND INFORMATION SERVICES 3

• CANADA Internet broadcasting 3
  LUXEMBOURG Content of european works 3
  LUXEMBOURG Advertising and home-shopping regulation 3
  NEW ZEALAND Public broadcasting charter 4
  SWEDEN New media and the freedom of speech 4

4. DOMAIN NAMES 4

• GERMANY Generic terms as domain names 4
  HONG KONG Investing in a dot com 5

5. DIGITAL SIGNATURE 5

• FRANCE Regulation on e-signature 5
  LEBANON Draft law on electronic signatures 5

6. FINANCIAL SERVICES 6

• EU Communication on e-commerce and financial services 6
  US Electronically delivered disclosures 6

7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 6

• AUSTRIA Supreme court ruling on liability for hyperlinks 6
  BELGIUM ISP liability for mp3 hyperlinks 7
  EU Copyrights in the Information Society 7
  LUXEMBOURG Implementation of copyrights directive 7
  UKRAINE Protection of intellectual property rights strengthened 7

8. MARKET ACCESS 8

• MEXICO Bidding of orbital slot considered 8
  PORTUGAL Tender for digital terrestrial TV 8
  SPAIN Introducing mobile virtual operators 8

9. MEDIA 8

• LUXEMBOURG Amendments to the Electronic Media Act 8

10. TARIFFS 9

• ARGENTINA New mobile tariffs regime 9
  FINLAND Sonera required to discount interconnection fees 9
  GERMANY Internet flat rate suspended 9

11. TELECOMMUNICATIONS 9

• AUSTRIA New decision on local loop unbundling 9
  BRAZIL PCS, the new scenario 10
  EU Report on proposed framework for telecom networks 10
  ITALY Decree on satellite services provision 10
  ITALY Dispute resolution between telecommunication operators 10
  MEXICO Proposal to amend Federal Telecommunications Law 11
  MEXICO Mobile telephony quality audits 11
  NIGERIA Privatisation of Nigerian PTT becomes priority project 11
  SOUTH AFRICA Intended telecoms policy directions 11
  SPAIN New mobile regulatory framework 12

12. WEB SITES 12

• AUSTRALIA Web site on Internet legal issues 12

13. DOCUMENTS 12
COMMENTARY 12

• LUXEMBOURG The opening of an online account : towards the birth of virtual banking 12

EDITOR / EDITORIAL BOARD 14
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