consumers a-z european commission
BT: EU must harmonise telecoms to save cash
News The European Commission is keen on the idea of creating a "super-regulator" to oversee and potentially veto national telecoms regulators in Europe - an idea that has met with strong resistance from national regulators such as Ofcom. [08 Apr 2008]
Europe: Don't ban internet file-sharers
News One of the reports urged the European Commission and member states to avoid allowing measures that are in conflict with civil liberties, human rights and the principle of proportionality. The other, which passed with a much thinner majority... [14 Apr 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. Speaking at a Westminster e-Forum on data roaming on... [22 Jul 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]
'Pay to receive' calls won't happen, say UK operators
News Reding's comments were in response to a question that was related to the European Commission's proposals for slashing the "termination rates" that operators charge each other to interconnect calls. A spokesperson for Reding's office told ZDNet.co... [19 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]
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