telecom regulation
Telcos urge Ofcom to clamp down on BT
News It has urged Ofcom to reduce regulation of the retail sector, and to concentrate its efforts on breaking down the barriers encountered by new entrants to the market, rather than regulating on the basis of market share. [23 Jun 2004]
Brasil Telecom Increases Efficiency of Network Management and Service Provisioning
White Paper To meet Brasil Telecom's regulation-related business and service provisioning challenges, the company needed to improve its order management and provisioning processes and reduces its capital expenses... [09 Feb 2008]
Mobile roaming costs down 60 per cent
News The EU Roaming Regulation came into force in the summer, forcing mobile operators to introduce a cheaper 'Eurotariff' for roaming customers. Viviane Reding, the EU telecoms commissioner said the Eurotariff is now the... [05 Oct 2007]
France shaves six months off local loop deadline
News Christian Pierret, French Secretary of State for Industry, has proposed a new legal framework which will be considered by parliament in two weeks' time as part of a broader review of economic regulation. [16 Apr 2000]
BT in danger of breaking local loop deadline
News The representatives of all 15 member states agreed on a European Commission regulation which sets a 1 January 2001 deadline for unbundling. We will be fully compliant with the regulation, and we fully... [03 Oct 2000]
Ireland opens up telecoms market to competition
News The Irish government began the liberalisation process six months ago and director of Telecoms Regulation, Etain Doyle, yesterday praised the hard work of his staff and the cooperation of the industry for helping to reach... [30 Nov 1998]
Leader: The VoIP evolution
Leader A key to VoIP's development has been the relative lack of regulation compared to what the telecoms incumbents face. More and more industry figures have come out against regulation. On the business front,... [15 Apr 2005]
Czech surfers on strike over call charges
News Robert Hall, competition and regulation analyst at Ovum, believes this kind of protest is likely to be effective in the Czech Republic and Poland. Czech Web surfers are planning to boycott the Internet in protest over... [12 Nov 1998]
Ionica founding father defends fixed wireless telephony
News He told Silicon.com: "It's true that the local loop is still really the last bastion of regulation, with BT still dominant, and there have been well-documented problems with the company's technology. Other FRA operators,... [02 Nov 1998]
Nortel to WiMax watchdogs: 'Get on with it'
News If you look at emerging technologies like 4G wireless, they cannot be deployed as a result of slow-moving regulation. He told delegates at ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong: "The economics of next... [05 Dec 2006]
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... [10 Jan 2007]
Mobile roaming rates for Europe revealed
News The publicised tariffs are a result of the EU Roaming Regulation - in force since 30 June 2007 - which requires mobile operators to make available, and actively offer, a revised tariff to their customers. [24 Aug 2007]
BT takes the reigns of Irish mobile operator
News The deal is subject to approval under EU Merger Control Regulation and from the Irish telecommunications regulator. The transaction is part of an agreement inked between BT and Telenor in January 2000, which stated that... [06 Feb 2001]
Mobile spam: Is the next plague upon us?
News Gary Corbett, MD for Opera Telecom, which operates premium mobile phone services for companies such as EMAP and Tiscali, said: "It's about time SMS service providers and network operators started to take more... [11 Jun 2003]
Europe worried about VoIP regulation
News Despite recent comments from Skype CEO Niklas Zennstrom that there is no need to regulate voice over IP, new research shows regulation in this area is a concern in Europe. Twenty per cent of European telecoms executives... [11 Nov 2004]
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