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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 cap the cost of sending an SMS for EU... [16 Jul 2008]
EC to outline slash in roaming rate
News EU telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding will outline plans today that include extending price caps on roamed voice calls for another three years, the source added. The cost of sending a text message when mobile-phone users are outside their home... [15 Jul 2008]
T-Mobile UK slashes Euro data roaming costs
News T-Mobile UK is the latest mobile operator to crack under the steely gaze of EC telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, and slash the price of data roaming and sending text messages in Europe. According to a report in The Guardian, the commissioner... [20 Jun 2008]
Mobile internet use 'rocketing in Europe'
News Earlier this year, the European Commission's information society and media commissioner, Viviane Reding, called for "a credible but also doable price reduction by the whole industry on a voluntary basis before 1 July" - or threatened to introduce... [11 Jun 2008]
Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008
Photo The speakers included European commissioner for information society and media, Viviane Reding (far right). Nokia's CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, had come with a message of change. Huawei was at Mobile World Congress in force, with hardware aplenty and... [18 Feb 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Tuesday
Comment His message: move along commissioner, government intervention is not welcome. As Rob Conway, CEO of the GSMA, warms up the audience with some hard talk on data prices, yesterday's incident with commissioner Reding momentarily hangs spectre-like... [13 Feb 2008]
Why pay more abroad? EU demands mobile roaming cuts
News EU commissioner for information society and media, Viviane Reding, speaking today at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, said: "What I want to achieve is very simple - that sending a text message or downloading other data via a... [11 Feb 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Data Protection Act 1998
Cheat Sheet The Act means so-called "data controllers" have to register with the information commissioner. The information commissioner is Richard Thomas. The commissioner can initiate his own action or take action as the result of a complaint. [28 Aug 2007]
Why UK must pass data leak law now
News It also said EU laws currently proposed in Brussels will have little impact in raising the incentives for business to take the necessary steps to protect personal internet security, and called for stronger enforcement powers for the Information... [10 Aug 2007]
CEOs blamed for "horrifying" data blunders
News The UK's information commissioner is calling on CEOs to take the security of customer and staff information more seriously. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) received almost 24,000 enquiries and complaints concerning personal information... [11 Jul 2007]
RFID: Brussels may yet reach for red tape
News But if regulators deem widespread RFID use is insufficiently safe, secure and privacy-preserving, then "[EC information society and media commissioner Viviane] Reding will have no other option but to trigger legislation", Santucci said, speaking... [03 Apr 2007]
Leader: A £1m message that goes out nationwide
Leader The Information Commissioner was informed and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) investigated. Let your customers, staff and shareholders know what the risks are - that's the message. When it comes to regulatory fines, especially those issued... [14 Feb 2007]
Nortel to WiMax watchdogs: 'Get on with it'
News The problem of spectrum availability has been acknowledged by the EC's information society commissioner Viviane Reding, who yesterday called for greater flexibility in allocation, advising regulators to "get out of the command and control system". [05 Dec 2006]
RFID privacy law on the cards?
News Information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding said Europeans needed assurance that radio tags would not be used for large-scale surveillance, and said she would consider legislation concerning RFID and privacy. [18 Oct 2006]
Leader: Time for tougher spam laws
Leader The UK could learn something from the US here - in giving the police and the Information Commissioner's Office more power to track down spammers and in creating more stringent penalties than the meagre fines provided in the current UK law: the... [19 Jul 2006]
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