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Series: Financial Times ; 27 October 2000, 34(2)Publication details: 2000Subject(s): Summary: US regulators are wrestling with the problem of how to open up buildings to telecoms providers - of balancing a desire to obtain the fullest competition between them whilst also respecting the ownership rights of landlords. Responses from interest groups underscore the complexity of the issues. Does the landlord's right to exploit his investment commercially in any way infringe the rights of tenants to buy services or the rights of providers to sell them?

US regulators are wrestling with the problem of how to open up buildings to telecoms providers - of balancing a desire to obtain the fullest competition between them whilst also respecting the ownership rights of landlords. Responses from interest groups underscore the complexity of the issues. Does the landlord's right to exploit his investment commercially in any way infringe the rights of tenants to buy services or the rights of providers to sell them?