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Make haste with the analogue-digital switch, urges EC
News Viviane Reding, information society and media commissioner for the EC, said she wants EU countries to have made the move by 2012. The European Commission has called for EU members to... [30 Oct 2009]
Google seeks to appease Europe with digital books copyright deal
News On the first day of the events, Viviane Reding, the EU's commissioner for information society and media, and Charlie McCreevy, commissioner for the bloc's internal market, said in a joint statement "it is time for... [08 Sep 2009]
Nanotech and web services need cash boost
News For decades to come, ICT will underpin the competitiveness of our economy, the efficiency of our public services and our quality of life," information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding said in the statement. [16 Mar 2009]
'ICT going green is key to economic recovery'
News The Commission's statement echoes a speech made on Thursday by Viviane Reding, information society and media commissioner, at a Microsoft event in Brussels. The European... [13 Mar 2009]
'Phorm's questions will be answered': EC
News Information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK in Brussels on Thursday that she had discussed the trials of the technology with UK communications minister Lord Carter. [09 Mar 2009]
Legal Eye: Are IBM's patent woes justified?
Comment The theory behind them is that to encourage innovation, and in return for making the invention public, society rewards the inventor with a legal 20-year monopoly over their invention. The European... [11 Feb 2009]
Social networks will help your business, says Brussels
News Information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding said in a speech in Brussels the Commission sees three key drivers for future use of the internet: social networking, the 'internet of things'... [05 Feb 2009]
Europe-wide wireless broadband on the way
News The move echoes calls by European commissioner for information society and media, Viviane Reding, earlier this year for the UHF spectrum to be allocated for WiMax mobile broadband use once the analogue... [24 Sep 2008]
Red tape hampering tech research
News The information society and media commissioner warned that Europe faces serious challenges in energy, health and with an ageing population, and said these areas can only be tackled by innovative use of ICT. [05 Sep 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... [22 Jul 2008]
‚¬100bn of consumer cash wasted on mobile termination fees
News The European telecoms regulatory lobby group ECTA (European Competitive Telecommunications Association) has urged the European Commission information... [26 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... [11 Jun 2008]
BCS signs up to e-Skills body
News The British Computer Society (BCS) announced this week that it had joined the e-Skills Industry Leadership Board (e-Skills ILB), a body which works with European public authorities and industry to help... [29 May 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]
EC backs tech for green future
News Commissioner for information society and media, Viviane Reding, said the move to a high growth, low carbon economy is essential to achieve European efficiency goals by 2020. The European... [15 May 2008]
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