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Contents No. 10/1999

EDITORIAL

• The year in review

PERSPECTIVES

• Policy and regulation, C. Michael Armstrong
• The communications revolution and the EU response, Erkki Liikanen
• BT and Microsoft agree to create mobile Internet products and services
• Globalstar introduces satellite telephone service
• Telecommunications in the service of humanitarian assistance, Sadako Ogata
• MCI WorldCom and Sprint announce merger agreement
• The European Commission clears merger between Telia and Telenor with substantial conditions

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