Either could herald energy deregulation, since a regional monopoly would be broken up and sold.

由于区域垄断将支离破碎并且被出售，任何一种都将驱动能源自由化。

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That alone means competitors are only too willing to chant the anti-Microsoft refrain long heard in the U.S. "Microsoft's business model is that of a monopoly, essentially a global tax collector, " says Lionel Lim, regional vice president for Sun Microsystems.

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Regional cable companies will have their monopoly broken by direct-broadcast satellites, and a second commercial television station is slated to begin operations.

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