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SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News The Commission's proposals to single out yet another aspect of the mobile industry and apply retail price regulation, threatens to choke growth and stifle competition. But the GSMA says the cost of sending a text is already coming down - and warned... [16 Jul 2008]
EC to outline slash in roaming rate
News Mobile-phone industry officials said the price of roamed data and texts was falling fast, while the voice-roaming regulation introduced last year "has given consumers little benefit and stifled market growth". [15 Jul 2008]
Mobile operators warn over termination rate cuts
News However, a spokesman for mobile operator association, the GSMA, said rates have already been reduced by around 40 per cent over the past four years, as a result of national regulation, so it does not see a need for the commission to get involved. [30 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]
EC: Oracle-BEA gets the go-ahead
News The Commission said in a statement: "The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the US company BEA Systems, an independent provider of middleware software, by Oracle, also of the US. [01 May 2008]
BT: EU must harmonise telecoms to save cash
News The paper, entitled Productivity, Growth and Jobs: How Telecoms Regulation Can Support European Businesses, suggests Europe's economy could benefit by up to €1,300bn over the next 20 years "with the development of seamless pan-European... [08 Apr 2008]
Mobile operators hit back over EU data roaming threat
News The mobile industry has hit back at European Union threats to introduce regulation to force data roaming price cuts. In such a period of rapid growth and innovation, the GSMA believes that talk of regulation is premature. [11 Feb 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]
Whose data is it anyway?
Comment Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance: Challenges of Technological Change makes sober reading in the light of recent events but it also offers a series of sensible recommendations spanning systems design, risk analysis, regulation, auditing and... [17 Dec 2007]
EC warns on data roaming costs
News These price drops followed Reding's warning, expressed at the start of this year, that the European Commission would roll data and SMS into its roaming regulation if operators did not cut prices voluntarily. [20 Jul 2007]
Terror and regulation bigger risks than IT
News Terrorist attacks, competition and regulation are all bigger threats to businesses than the risks posed by technology failure. Steve Gediking, head of IT and facilities, Independent Police Complaints Commission [05 Jul 2007]
Roaming cuts: Only for mobile newbies?
News Mobile phone penetration in the EU is today at 103 per cent - there are thus not many consumers who would profit from the EU regulation if it would apply automatically only to new customers. She said: "Even though I welcome the general trend... [23 Mar 2007]
Net neutrality back on the agenda in the US
News Walter McCormick, president of the US Telecom Association, which lobbies for more than 1,200 communications companies said: "Government regulation would make it against the law for any company to invest in customised internet service. [10 Jan 2007]
RFID privacy law on the cards?
News The RFID industry has argued that self-regulation will prevent radio-tagging being abused. Many individuals and organisations are concerned about the privacy implications of RFID tags, according to the European Commission. [18 Oct 2006]
FTC chief slams net neutrality
News Majoras also took a swipe at Google and other internet companies that support extensive FCC regulation, saying she was surprised "at how quickly so many of our nation's successful firms have jumped in to urge the government to regulate". [22 Aug 2006]
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