The Commission is essentially of the opinion that this marriage of telephone and computer, which the specialists call the integrated services digital network (ISDN), must take place soon if the Twelve are to secure their share of a world market estimated to be worth about 200 000 million dollars a year by 1990, of which the European market alone accounts for some 40 000 million dollars.
Ce mariage du telephone et de l'ordinateur, que les specialistes appellent le reseau numerique a l'integration de services (RNIS) doit se faire rapidement, estime en substance la Commission Europeenne, si l'Europe des Douze veut prendre sa part d'un marche mondial estime a quelque 200 milliards de dollars pour le seul marche europeen.