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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. The Commission has launched a public consultation on the future of voice call termination... [30 Jun 2008]
Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment The European Commission is to consult on changes to the copyright levy, a surcharge on devices that hold music or video to compensate artists for potential piracy. Even where states do impose a levy, the amount varies enormously from country to... [18 Jun 2008]
Orange cuts voice and data roaming costs
News Brigitte Bourgoin, executive VP of mobile operations at Orange, told silicon.com: "Of course we share the Commission's desire to have a cost-effective roaming service. For voice roaming, Orange is launching an offer called 'Favourite Countries... [20 May 2008]
Euro e-health getting the right attention
News European primary healthcare services are benefiting from broadband, says the European Commission, but there are still wide discrepancies in GPs' use of IT across Europe. E-health areas identified by the EC for improvement and further deployment... [28 Apr 2008]
In-flight mobiles to take off over Europe
News In-flight mobile calls have been given the green light by the European Commission (EC) which has moved to pave the way for the take off of pan-European services. Harmonised technical requirements mean European airlines will only need a national... [08 Apr 2008]
Did Microsoft use desktop dominance in OOXML standard?
News The European Commission's antitrust regulatory body has sent queries to several European countries to investigate how the standards-setting process worked, a spokesperson confirmed this week. The European Commission said in January it was exploring... [04 Apr 2008]
Why pay more abroad? EU demands mobile roaming cuts
News On 1 July - the day of truth for data-roaming rates in Europe - Reding said she will take stock of the existing prices and publish them on a website, adding that the commission will be ready to step in with regulation should it be necessary. [11 Feb 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Galileo
Cheat Sheet In May 2007 the European Commission said the Galileo roadmap for public/private partnerships needed a rethink if the project was to be fully operational by the 2012 deadline. The project is a joint initiative of the European Commission and ESA with... [28 Jan 2008]
O2 cuts price for surfing abroad
News The European Commission, which last year scored a victory over operators when it forced them to cut their voice charges for roaming customers, had warned in July that data and SMS roaming would be next. [15 Jan 2008]
ICO: HMRC breach - where were the tech safeguards?
News Ulf Dahlsten, director of emerging technologies and infrastructure for the European Commission, said that HMRC "needed to enhance its protection", and added the European Commission had issued guidance on the use of privacy-enhancing technologies. [23 Nov 2007]
Will digital switchover boost wireless broadband?
News Allan's views echoed those of the European Commission's telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding. However, the European Commission also supports DVB-H (digital video broadcasting - handheld), the mobile TV standard that it wants to power handheld... [19 Oct 2007]
Cheaper 3G in the frame as Ofcom consults
News Ofcom's desire to allow the so-called "refarming" of 900MHz spectrum brings it in line with the European Commission, which in July threw its weight behind the idea by announcing it would repeal the GSM Directive of 1987, the agreement that... [20 Sep 2007]
UK 'a closed shop for open source'
News One hundred thousand workers at the European Commission use Alfresco, along with three of the world's top investment banks, he said, but the company only makes five per cent of its revenue in the UK because of the country's fear of open source... [13 Sep 2007]
UK top for techie training - almost
News More than one in four (26 per cent) of IT pros in the UK had received training in the preceding month, against a European average of 15 per cent, research from e-skills UK and the European Commission's statistical office Eurostat reveals. [14 Aug 2007]
Roaming prices slashed in Euro vote
News The agreement has been welcomed by Viviane Reding, the European Commission's information society minister, almost a year after the EC initially proposed dramatic cuts in roaming charges. This means that already from this summer mobile phone... [23 May 2007]
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