viviane reding
'Phorm's questions will be answered': EC
News Legal questions around Phorm are set to be answered, and the ad-serving technology will move to the next stage, European commissioner Viviane Reding has said. Information society and media commissioner... [09 Mar 2009]
Social networks will help your business, says Brussels
News Information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding said in a speech in Brussels the Commission sees three key drivers for future use of the internet: social networking, the 'internet of things'... [05 Feb 2009]
Viviane Reding
AS Profile Viviane Reding, the formidable European commissioner for information society and media, makes her second appearance on the Agenda Setters list. As an EC commissioner, Reding is involved... [07 Oct 2008]
Europe-wide wireless broadband on the way
News The move echoes calls by European commissioner for information society and media, Viviane Reding, earlier this year for the UHF spectrum to be allocated for WiMax mobile broadband use once the analogue... [24 Sep 2008]
EC calls for more cuts on the cost to roam
News Telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding said in a speech on Tuesday: "Using your mobile phone abroad in the EU should not cost unjustifiably more than at home, whether for making calls, sending texts or... [24 Sep 2008]
Red tape hampering tech research
News EC commissioner and scourge of mobile network operators, Viviane Reding, has blamed red tape for hampering Europe's efforts to capitalise on its high tech research. Reding called on the... [05 Sep 2008]
Fibre era fraught with roadblocks: EC
News In a speech to the European Parliament this week, Viviane Reding, the EC's telecoms commissioner, said: "I applaud the Parliament's moves to encourage infrastructure competition on these 'next generation... [04 Sep 2008]
Mobile roaming in Europe gets cheaper
News Viviane Reding, EU telecoms commissioner, said in a statement: "The further reduction of the Eurotariff on 30 August will reaffirm the trend for lower roaming prices. SMS roaming and data roaming could... [29 Aug 2008]
European satellite services are green for launch
News Mobile satellite services have the tremendous advantage of being able to cover most of the EU's territory thereby reaching millions of EU citizens across borders," said Viviane Reding, the telecoms... [11 Aug 2008]
Yahoo!'s board gets shareholder backing
News Viviane Reding EC Yahoo! s board of directors won strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with Jerry Yang, the company's embattled CEO, receiving 85 per cent of the vote in his... [04 Aug 2008]
Infosys launches radical retail tech services
News Viviane Reding EC Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan is an unassuming man, who doesn't use his position to be imposing. It's less important for him to be the company's controller than to look like he is. [01 Aug 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Durie also said data-roaming prices were coming down, "not just because commissioner [Viviane] Reding said they should but because [operators] want to encourage people not to be afraid [to use such... [22 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News Mobile operator industry body, the GSMA, has poured cold water on plans by European Commission (EC) telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, to create a single market for mobile text services in Europe and... [16 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News Yesterday was the 1 July deadline set by European telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, for the mobile industry to voluntarily reduce the price of data roaming and sending text messages when abroad in... [02 Jul 2008]
Mobile operators warn over termination rate cuts
News The European Commission's telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, says mobile termination rates could fall by as much as 70 per cent over the next three years. Reding said rates are, on... [30 Jun 2008]