Competition in the UK Telecommunications Marketplace

Over the last two decades, The UK has been one of the leading proponents in opening up its telecommunications market to increased competition. This has resulted in a move against the dominance of the incumbent operator BT, and it has meant the entry of hundreds of new competitors in the provision of telecommunications services and equipment. The 1998 European Union directive on telecommunications created a new framework for telecoms across Europe, encouraging competition and ending telephone service monopolies in other EU countries.... The UK is therefore part of an open and competitive European telecommunications marketplace.

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