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Web Services Interoperability Between Apache Axis2 and the WebSphere Web Services Feature Pack, Part 1

whitepaper These samples demonstrate the usage of simple message exchange patterns (MEPs), using both synchronous and asynchronous programming models, and support for SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2. The WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 Feature Pack for Web...

Tags: xml

[09 Apr 2008]

Roaming prices slashed in Euro vote

News Euro MPs have taken a machete to roaming charges after a compromise on rates was hammered out between MEPs and the European presidency earlier this month. The MEPs have also confirmed the retail rate - what an operator can charge the mobile user...

Tags: european commission, european council, europe, caps

[23 May 2007]

Europe makes the call on roaming caps

News Yesterday saw MEPs agree controversial roaming caps that could be introduced across the European Union from this summer. The European parliament has finally agreed the maximum pricing mobile operators will be able to charge customers for making...

Tags: european parliament, europe, cap, roaming

[16 May 2007]

'Roaming cuts could ruin your skiing holiday'

News Legislation that could see operators forced to take a hatchet to their roaming tariffs is currently making its way through the European parliament and has received broad approval from MEPs. The GSM Association, the trade body representing the...

Tags: european commission, european parliament, skiing, gsma

[24 Apr 2007]

No roaming data price cuts - Brussels

News In a key vote in the European parliament, MEPs on the Industry Committee have agreed to exclude data from the proposed roaming caps which will limit how much operators can charge each other - and their customers - to make calls from abroad.

Tags: brussels, european parliament, europe, data

[13 Apr 2007]

Euro MPs reject UK digital snooping plan

News The parliament said of the ruling: "MEPs want the rules to be proportional to any threat and for the parliament to have an equal say with national government in this area. The European parliament has rejected a call by some countries, including the...

Tags: european parliament, data retention, parliament, snooping

[29 Sep 2005]

Europe spurns patent directive by huge majority

News A spokesman for the European parliament said 648 MEPs out of a total of 729 voted to reject the directive, which critics feared would widen the extent to which software could be patented. The European parliament voted on Wednesday to reject the...

Tags: software patent directive, directive, patent, europe

[06 Jul 2005]

Lib Dems accused of patent hypocrisy

Lib Dems accused of patent hypocrisy

News In a crucial vote at the JURI committee on Monday, MEPs from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) voted against a number of amendments to this directive. There is no point in voting Lib Dem in European elections, if the elected...

Tags: lib dems, patents

[24 Jun 2005]

Software patent loopholes have grown, say campaigners

Software patent loopholes have grown, say campaigners

News Green MEPs Eva Lichtenberger and Monica Frassoni issued a statement saying that although all parties involved in the directive claim to be opposed to software patents, the legal uncertainty created by the directive will merely serve to allow them...

Tags: patents, software patents, eu

[22 Jun 2005]

Software patent directive officially approved

News The hurdle is very high as we need an absolute majority of every member of parliament, which means 367 MEPs for every amendment to the directive," said Mueller. The European Council adopted the software patent directive on Monday, despite requests...

Tags: european council, ciid, patent, parliament

[07 Mar 2005]

India to get tough on foreign data security

India to get tough on foreign data security

News India currently has no data-protection standard similar to those found in Europe, leading some - including a group of Labour MEPs and trade union Amicus - to demand that the EC stretch the data-protection law to UK data held overseas, raising...

[25 Aug 2004]

Personal air traveller data - it's not yours any more

Personal air traveller data - it's not yours any more

News One sensitive issue that has arisen is the ability of the US Secretary for Homeland Security to communicate the data to "third countries" - making the agreement even more legally uncomfortable, according to MEPs.

[19 May 2004]

Passenger data row escalates to Court of Justice

Passenger data row escalates to Court of Justice

News After having failed to convince the EC to back-pedal on the agreement allowing the US to harvest the personal data of travellers heading into the country, MEPs are making a last ditch attempt to stop the accord.

[23 Apr 2004]

Offshore data security fears dismissed by UK

Offshore data security fears dismissed by UK

News The Amicus group of Labour MEPs is calling for the European Commission to extend the data protection directive to cover customer data handled overseas because of fears that security is more lax. The MEPs also want companies to be forced to allow...

[06 Apr 2004]

mmO2 plans a boom year

News Green MEPs early this week called for a ban on the erection of Tetra masts - the foundation of the new network - for health reasons. BT mobile offshoot mmO2 predicts that it will show its heels to UK rivals and grow revenues in the UK by 15 per...

[31 Mar 2004]

Europe tells US: 'Hands off our flyers' data'

Europe tells US: 'Hands off our flyers' data'

News A vote in the Parliament found that the vast majority of MEPs voted in favour of a report criticising the data sharing - 439 for, 39 against. The controversial electronic sharing of airline passenger data between the EC and the US, which the US...

[22 Mar 2004]

Politicians finally set to vote on 'Europe's DMCA'

Politicians finally set to vote on 'Europe's DMCA'

News A lot of MEPs said they wanted to send a message to the youth of Europe," he said. The European Parliament will on Tuesday undertake its final, long-delayed vote on the controversial new directive on intellectual property rights.

[08 Mar 2004]

Gates' knighthood draws criticism for Blair

News However, not all MEPs are opposed to the UK's disregard of EU legislation. Tony Blair's government is under fire for the awarding of an honorary knighthood to Bill Gates. Among those speaking out against the decision is a member of the European...

Tags: meps, bill gates knighthood

[28 Jan 2004]

Unions push EU for Indian jobs investigation

News Finance sector union Amicus is today holding a series of high-level meetings with MEPs on the back of last week's announcement by insurance group Aviva that it plans to offshore 2,500 jobs to India next year.

[09 Dec 2003]

EU software patent vote delayed again

EU software patent vote delayed again

News The Commission is the EU's executive arm, while the European Parliament is comprised of MEPs from member states. They were persuasive enough to convince MEPs to introduce a number of important amendments before approving the directive in September.

[01 Dec 2003]

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