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David Molony is currently Editor At Large for CommunicationsWeek International, the world's only international newspaper devoted exclusively to telecommunications and business networking. He has been with the paper since May 1996. He has covered the recent development and implementation of a framework for competition in world telecoms extensively. His contributions include a series of articles about regulatory directives in Europe, and reports on the telecoms services agreement by members of the World Trade Organization. In the past year, he has been especially interested in the changing business relationship between telecoms equipment vendors and operators, as both shift into service provision in the new competitive marketplace.