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In-flight mobiles to take off over Europe
News In-flight mobile calls have been given the green light by the European Commission (EC) which has moved to pave the way for the take off of pan-European services. Harmonised technical requirements mean European airlines... [08 Apr 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... [08 Apr 2008]
Sepa fraud risk warning for businesses
News As Europe starts to adopt pan-continental payments systems, UK payments takers are ill-equipped to deal with the exposure to fraud this change might bring. But UK organisations in the utilities, telecoms... [03 Apr 2008]
Fibre connectivity set to change, says EC
News Our idea with the [pan-European authority] is to get the regulators…to at least come round the table and thrash out [consistent solutions] in a closed room with a deadline. Ducatel said: "We are on the cusp of a major... [28 Feb 2008]
One mobile satellite system to rule Europe
News Under the proposed system, the Commission would do away with the current 27 mobile satellite services markets and replace them with a single pan-European market, run by up to three operators.silicon.com Public Sector [22 Aug 2007]
Telecoms Giant Enters the e-Services Market
White Paper COLT Telecom Group plc is a leading provider of pan-European high bandwidth data, Internet and voice services. COLT Telecom Group needed quality products, flexibility, scalability and a reliable partner, with years of... [06 Oct 2006]
In-flight mobile calls set for green light
News In Europe, where the mobile service will be launched first, OnAir has been working with pan-European communications regulatory body the Conférence Européenne des Postes et Télécommunications on a framework agreement to... [28 Jul 2006]
Shortlists for CNET tech awards unveiled
News Wandsworth Council - Pan London Co-ordinated Schools Admissions Scheme Telecoms Sector Technology Project of the Year The awards, which will be handed out on 26 September in London, recognise innovative... [07 Jul 2006]
Leader: Lessons from Aramiska's failure
Leader A pan-European footprint, albeit with some limitations inherent in satellite, was a welcome option. The pricking of the telecoms bubble taught us that. The sudden failure of satellite broadband provider... [01 Feb 2006]
Investigation launched on Dutch buyout scam
News In 2001 Versatel filed for bankruptcy protection after it lost €1.7bn building a pan-European cable network. A legal inquiry has been launched to discover who sent out a false press release claiming Dutch... [15 Jul 2005]
Qualcomm gets former watchdog Cruickshank on board
News In the late 1990s he advanced the debate over deregulation of telecoms in the UK and tackled issues such as pan-European regulation and the possible merging of competition authorities, which happened... [07 Jun 2005]
Leader: BT's fluid core
Leader There's no guarantee pan-UK communications will turn out exactly as BT or its myriad customers would like. At first glance, the roster reads like a who's who of telecoms equipment manufacturers. The big... [28 Apr 2005]
Airlines cool on RFID tags
News Radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking tags are still a "technology in search of an effective application", according to the pan-airline industry IT body SITA. SITA is owned by the airlines and saved the industry... [24 Mar 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Push-to-talk
Cheat Sheet That gives some indication of where it sees a market, though at the actual pan-European launch at the start of this month the operator was already talking about consumers and SMEs. And let's face it, if we're talking... [09 Sep 2004]
Interoute wins pan-European hotel VPN deal
News Interoute is one of the survivors of the late 1990s telecoms boom and stresses owning a pan-European network. STSN, a supplier of broadband to hotels around the world, has signed "multimillion euro"... [04 Feb 2004]
