EEUROPE ACTION PLAN
February 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLINTERNET connectivity grew rapidly last year in the European Union (EU) according to a European Commission report, which claims that some of the credit can be taken by its eEurope 2002 Action Plan. It was launched in 2000 and was designed to bring EU homes, businesses and public institution online as fast as possible; it spawned a range of legislative initiatives that were designed to iron out inconsistencies in EU national laws that could have slowed the roll-out of the Internet. Now, says an eEurope 2002 progress report, more than 90 per cent of ...
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