The cable industry in the UK is very concentrated, with Telewest and NTL being the two main operators. Effectively, this extremely fast dismantling calendar will place businesses on both sides on an equal footing with other preferential partners in real time. Chapters on services, investment and intellectual property rights, which were also finalized in November 1999, await the completion of ratification procedures by EU member states and Mexico before they take effect. This is expected to take place during the current French EU presidency. The Internet community has given strong support to the Commission's idea to create a .eu domain name for websites.
Internet usage continues to expand at a rapid pace, particularly in Europe.
In such cases, it is difficult to ensure an appropriate degree of adherence to EU law and policies, such as competition, data protection, intellectual property rights and consumer protection. TLD would strengthen the image and the infrastructure of the Internet in Europe, and would allow the identification of companies and institutions as European, which would be recognized globally. Consultations will continue with relevant public and private sector participants and users' associations in Europe to prepare the guidelines and the legal framework for the registration policy of .eu . Once again, Cuba is the nexus in a US-EU row. The EU has requested a WTO Panel against a US law restricting the rights of foreign right-holders of US trademarks.