EU summit sets time table for closing e-commerce gap
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The EU economic summit established a 10-year program for catching up with the US in technology by liberalizing telecommunications and making Internet access cheaper and easier. EU member countries have agreed to foster more competition in local telephone services before the end of 2000 and finish the liberalization process by the end of 2001. The EU also drew up plans for all schools in its jurisdiction to have Internet access by 2001.
Publication Name: DM News
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0194-3588
Year: 2000
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EC pushes to finalize safe harbor by June
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The EU and US have concluded a 'safe harbor' agreement that will allow the unhamperd flow of data across the Atlantic. US companies that comply with the 'safe harbor' rules are deemed to offer the 'adequate' protection the EU's data protection directive requires. The commission is in the process of seeking approval for the agreement from a majority of EU member countries that comprise the Article 29 and 31 committees. The agreement would then be submitted to the European Parliament for further approval.
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Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0194-3588
Year: 2000
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US e-mail service looks to global niche markets
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SmartReminders.com, an e-mail services provider owned by direct marketing firm Smart Direct, is launching Web sites in Australia, Canada and the UK on Sep 2000 and plans to add seven more before the end of the year. In August, the company has signed an agreement with beenz.com, a company with 14 Web sites in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The company has already acquired 3.5 million registered subscribers since it was launched in Apr 2000, with 1.2 million of those coming from outside the US.
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Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0194-3588
Year: 2000
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