roaming commissioner
'Yes' vote for roaming text message price cap
News Telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, said in a European Commission statement: "Today's vote marks the definite end of the roaming rip-off in Europe. The cost of sending text messages and downloading... [23 Apr 2009]
Cheaper texts abroad? European Parliament says 'yes'
News A proposal for a European Union cap on roaming charges for text messages and data use on mobile phones has moved closer to reality after passing a key committee vote. The Commission wants to see consumers pay no more... [12 Mar 2009]
Social networks will help your business, says Brussels
News Reding said it was "crucial" to release spectrum for high-speed wireless internet and added that the price of data roaming would be addressed by the Commission. In July 2007 the Commission warned mobile operators they... [05 Feb 2009]
Viviane Reding
AS Profile Last year the panel lauded her role in cutting mobile roaming costs for Europe's consumers. This is a cause she has continued to champion throughout 2008, warning operators at the start of the year they must make... [07 Oct 2008]
Europe-wide wireless broadband on the way
News It follows calls by the European Commission yesterday to cut mobile data roaming charges in Europe. The move echoes calls by European commissioner for information society and media, Viviane Reding,... [24 Sep 2008]
EC calls for more cuts on the cost to roam
News The European Commission is pushing for further cuts to roaming charges in Europe. The Commission on Tuesday proposed that charges for roaming text messages be slashed by 60 per cent by next summer. It... [24 Sep 2008]
Mobile roaming in Europe gets cheaper
News Viviane Reding, EU telecoms commissioner, said in a statement: "The further reduction of the Eurotariff on 30 August will reaffirm the trend for lower roaming prices. The European Commission is set to... [29 Aug 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Durie also said data-roaming prices were coming down, "not just because commissioner [Viviane] Reding said they should but because [operators] want to encourage people not to be afraid [to use such... [22 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News But yesterday the telecoms commissioner made it clear she has not been impressed by the industry's efforts - on text or data roaming. The EC says the 2.5 billion text messages sent every year by... [16 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News Yesterday was the 1 July deadline set by European telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, for the mobile industry to voluntarily reduce the price of data roaming and sending text messages when abroad in... [02 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. T-Mobile has... [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" -... [11 Jun 2008]
Orange cuts voice and data roaming costs
News Earlier this year, the European information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding threatened the mobile industry with regulation if it did not voluntarily reduce the costs of mobile data roaming... [20 May 2008]
In-flight mobiles to take off over Europe
News The commissioner has previously made it her mission to slay rip-off mobile roaming rates - for voice, text and data services. But the EC's information, society and media commissioner,... [08 Apr 2008]
Women told: Tech isn't 'boring'
News The European Commission's (EC) commissioner for information society and media, and ambassador against rip-off roaming charges, Viviane Reding, has set her sights on debunking geeky IT stereotypes which... [07 Mar 2008]
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