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Articles tagged with: Eu and Viviane Reding
Court adviser says EU roaming cap law is valid
The EU was entitled to cap roaming rates in 2007 as network operators pocketed huge profits but resisted less drastic ways to cut the sky-high costs of using mobile phones in Europe, the EU advocate general said Thursday. more
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Digital economy can lift Europe out of crisis, says Commission report
The european Commission's Digital Competitiveness report published today shows that europe's digital sector has made strong progress since 2005. Over half ( 56%) of europeans now regularly use the internet, 80% of them via a highspeed connection (compared to only one third in 2004), making europe the world leader in broadband internet. europe is the world's first truly mobile continent with more mobile subscribers than citizens (a take up rate of 119%). more
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European Commission Takes Legal Action Over German Mobile Termination Rates
The european Commission has opened an infringement procedure against Germany because the country's national regulator - the Bundesnetzagentur - did not consult the Commission and other national regulators prior to deciding on new levels of mobile termination rates. Contrary to Germany's obligations under eu telecoms rules, the Bundesnetzagentur's final decisions on mobile termination rates were adopted on 31 March 2009 before the Commission and other national regulators had the possibility to comment on the level of these rates. This lack of transparency is a first in the application of eu telecoms rules in the 27 eu Member States. more
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European Commission Issues Guidance on Termination Rates
.. in 2009-2012. Mobile termination rates varied widely in the EU in 2008 from 2.00 euro cents per minute (in Cyprus) to 15 euro cents per minute (in Bulgaria). Mobile termination rates (on average 8.55 euro cents per minute) are also typically 10 more
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European Parliament Votes to Approve Cuts on Roaming Charges
The european Parliament, in its plenary session in Strasbourg, has voted to approve new rules on SMS and mobile data charges when roaming. The Parliament also voted for further cuts in the price of mobile phone calls while roaming in another eu country. The present cap for a mobile phone call made abroad will progressively drop from euR0.46 to euR0.35 per minute by July 2011, and from euR0.22 today to euR0.11 for mobile calls received while roaming abroad. more
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EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies
..Cosmote, Deutsche Telekom Group, Go Mobile, Hutchison 3G Europe, Jamba!, Mobile Entertainment Forum, Orange Group, KPN, SFR, Telecom Italia, Telefonica Moviles, Telenor, TeliaSonera and Vodafone. More companies have signed since then: Tele2, Mo more
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Viviane Reding Calls for Faster Number Portability in Europe
..ge can be watched at: http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/reding/video/index_en.htm A rule that would allow consumers in all 27 EU countries to switch operator in one single day was proposed by the Commission in November 2007 and is currently more
Europe Votes to Reduce Roaming SMS and Mobile Data Costs
Yesterday evening the european Parliament, through a vote in its Industry Committee, gave strong support to the european Commission's proposals to reduce consumer roaming charges for sending text messages and downloading data in the eu. The Commission proposed in September 2008 to make sure that consumers in the eu do not have to pay more than €0.11 per roamed SMS in the eu (excluding VAT) - a proposal endorsed yesterday by the Parliament's lead Committee on the new roaming legislation. At present, SMS roaming charges in the eu are on average €0.28 per roamed SMS and can go up to over €0.80 in some countries. more
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European Commission Welcoms Romania's Lower Termination Rates
.. Commission acknowledged the reasonably low level of rates for the two largest operators (5.03 eurocents per minute) and said that in the absence of objective cost differences, this interim rate should also be applied to the other operators as more
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High-speed internet access needed to revitalise Europe's rural regions
Connecting the 30% of the eu's rural population that has no high speed internet access should be a priority for achieving "broadband for all" by 2010, the european Commission said today. Improved internet connectivity is a powerful tool to stimulate swift economic recovery. The Commission has now outlined how it would use its own support programmes to boost internet networks and services in rural areas, and called on eu Member States to do the same. Good internet access can make farms and companies in rural areas, especially small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), less isolated and more competitive through access to international markets and faster and more efficient ways of doing business. more
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