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Base, Mobistar clash with Belgium in court over broadband as ‘universal service’

By Vesela Gladicheva ( November 12, 2014, 17:21 GMT | Insight) -- Telecom operators Base and Mobistar today told EU judges that the Belgian government was wrong to extend the bloc’s “universal service” obligations to broadband connections. But Belgium and the European Commission argued that national governments had a right to include Internet services in EU provisions guaranteeing all citizens affordable access to basic communication services.Telecom operators Base and Mobistar today told EU judges that the Belgian government was wrong to extend the bloc’s “universal service” obligations to broadband connections....

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